Reborn In The Three Kingdoms

Chapter 93: 93. Meeting Cai Wenji

Lie Fan who was standing in front of the military official’s line, flanked by Jia Xu and Xun You was permitted to stand behind by Emperoe long after Lie Fan’s request at the meeting smirked a while all of this happened and exchanged words with Jia Xu and Xun You how smart they were in coming up with this plan which makes them the only winner in this battle.

Even though He Jin and Zhang Rang backed down from persuading Emperor Ling, people who truly cared about the Han Dynasty like Wang Yun and Dong Cheng pleaded to Emperor Ling to hold the building of a new palace as for the Military Festivals, it can be done but on a smaller scale.

Emperor Ling ignored the plea from Wang Yun and a bunch of loyalists, he demanded that both He Jin and Zhang Rang do their new duties immediately. The loyalists can only stay silent after the order comes out, fearing for darker times for the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Ling was the type of Emperor who occasionally heeded good advice from his subjects but was not consistent in doing so. That’s why loyalists like Wang Yun and Dong Cheng often found it frustrating to try to convince him on policy issues because he only listened to them when he wanted to.

Emperor Ling dismissed the Daily Court meetings, he told every of his subjects to go and continue doing their duties. Zhang Rang the most favored eunuch of Emperor Ling, helps Emperor Ling go back to his chamber.

The Imperial Court began to grow rowdy with Emperor Ling was gone, and the pressure was on all of them to collect the money needed to do 2 large-scale projects. Lie Fan rounds up the Baohuzhe members and leads them out from the Imperial Court.

Wang Yun feeling discontent with Emperor Ling’s behavior reprimanded Lie Fan for not trying harder to persuade Emperor Ling, Jia Xu, and Xun You help Lie Fan by saying that no matter how Lie Fan eloquently persuades Emperor Ling when Your Majesty has made up his mind nobody can change it.

Lie Fan: “Master Wang Yun, you have to understand my position. I was just favored by Emperor Ling and I hope that in the future Master Wang Yun consider the tone you’re using when speaking to me in public.”

Dong Cheng who joined Baohuzhe because of Wang Yun subtly pats Wang Yun’s arm, reminding him to not be brash as Lie Fn is of higher rank than them. Wang Yun who realized this apologized to Lie Fan due to his behavior.

Lie Fan waves his hand telling Wang Yun it’s okay, he knows that inside Baohuzhe itself there are 2 groups one led by Lie Fan and the other a group of hardcore loyalists led by Wang Yun and Dong Cheng.

He already told Jia Xu to send the Orioles to infiltrate the other them, he doesn’t want the tripartite to be broken as then he can’t control the overall situation. Jia Xu sends Xu Kai the leader of the Orioles as he will never be swayed, a hardcore supporter of Lie Fan that was trained since he was a child.

Separating from Baohuzhe members, Lie Fan alongside Jia Xu and Xun You returned to the Lie Clan estate. Lie Fan brought Jia Xu and Xun You into the study, inside the study Jia Xu informed Lie Fan that Wang Yun was beginning to be an uncontrollable factor in their plan.

Xun You: “My Lord even though I respect Master Wang Yun but what Master Jia Xu just said is true, Master Wang Yum dared to chastise you in front of all members of the Imperia Court which is unacceptable, and now alongside Doing Cheng creating a faction inside Baohuzhe gathering hardcore loyalist of the Han Dynasty which severely restrict our movement in the future.”

Lie Fan: “There is nothing we can do to Wang Yun for now as he is still an important chess piece for us, Just restrict his movement within Baohuzhe and utilize Oriole to infiltrate their group.”

Jia Xu and Xun You don’t understand why Wang Yun is very important, as Lie Fan’s influence is now bigger than him. What they don’t understand is Wang Yun is important because he will be the leader of the movement that eliminates Dong Zhuo in the future.

Dong Zhuo retreated to Chang’An under the protection of his army and Lu Bu was very hard to kill, even though Lie Fan would not let Diao Chan be used by Wang Yun which was an important piece to destabilize the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu by the believe than Wang Yun can find another way.

While they were sitting in silence, Sun Qian entered the study in an excited mood.

Sun Qian: “My Lord! There’s a letter addressed to you from the Cai Clan Young Lady!”

Lie Fan: “Really?! Bring it here!” ．

Lie Fan receives the letter from Sun Qian, he opens the letter and begins to read it loudly to everyone in the room to hear.

The letter contains how Cai Wenji knows about the visit Lie Fan made before and his purpose in visiting the Cai Clan, She apologizes as she can’t meet him because of the elders and hopes that they can meet today in the serenity Inn as the security of her estate is low and with the plan that Xun You have to bring her out can be done as the guard who guards the back entrance are her people.

Luckily today is also the day the Cai Clan resupply their kitchen with new supplies, so their Kitchen Supplies Wagon will be going out to buy new supplies.

Xun You: “Then I prepare the transport for Lady Cai My Lord. Master Jia Xu, please lend me some Oriole members who were an expert in disguise to help me take over the Cai Clan wagon.”

Jia Xu: “Okay, follow me I will give you some of the best that was working in the residence.”

Jia Xu and Xun You leave the meeting room together, leaving Lie Fan and Sun Qian there.

Lie Fan: “Master Sun Qian, you follow me to meet Lady Cai. Master Jia Xu and Master Xun You are too notable, let’s disguise ourselves to not let He Jin and his underlings know that we are meeting the Young Lady Cai as the Cai Clan elders already join He Jin’s faction.”

Sun Qian: “Yes My Lord, I have roamed the land before so I have some common clothes and hats that we can use. Also, My Lord your bodyguard is well known in the Capital so it’s better to also disguise them as my Lord’s safety can’t be compromised.”

Lie Fana and Sun Qian dressed themselves as civilians, Lie Fan also told his bodyguards to change their clothes leave their armor, and bring swords leaving their personal weapons in the residence.

Lie Fan and Sun Qian alongside his Bodyguards go to Serenity Inn first to wait for Cai Wenji who will be escorted here through the Kitchen Supply Wagon.

Lie Fan and Sun Qian wait in a private room on the 3rd floor, even though they are disguised Oriole members recognize him so they escort them to the 3rd floor where Lie Fan’s personal private room is. After waiting for almost 2 hours, suddenly the door was knocked from the outside with a rhythm code that was used by Oriole to tell that they were allies.

Liu Pi and Bo Cai opened the door, outside of the room a lady was standing there alongside 2 maids. Lie Fan seeing the beautiful face knew for sure that this was Cai Wenji, Even though she was beautiful her beauty was still below Diao Chan and Ying Yue who had vaccinated him.

Lie Fan: “Lady Cai Wenji, please come in and have a seat. Don’t worry you are safe here, my bodyguards are very experienced and no one can spy on us here.”

Cai Wenji entered the room alongside her handmaidens and took a seat opposite Lie Fan.

Cai Wenji: “Greetings Governor Lie Fan, thank you for agreeing to meet me even though it’s so sudden. My purpose in meeting Governor Lie is to verify the letters my Father told Governor Lie Fan to give to us.”

Lie Fan: “Of Course! Here are the letters, my subjects managed to take it back from the hand of the elders. Fortunately, they are not that smart and burned the letters.”

Lie Fan takes out the letter Cai Yong wrote and gives it to Cai Wenji, Cai Wenji reads the letter for a couple of minutes and then closes it.

Cai Wenji: “This is my Father’s handwriting and the code that was used by the members of the Cai Clan. As My Father has ordered the Cai Clan to follow Governor Lie Fan to Xiapi, I will heed my Father’s orders but unfortunately, I was excluded from the decision-making of the Clan by the elders.”

Lie Fan: “Don’t worry Lady Cai Wenji, we will help you in taking care of the elders. What you should do is convince whom you think is an important or integral member of your clan to rise again. Convince them to follow you and let us do the rest.”

Sun Qian: “Lady Cai, what My Lord has just said is true. If you need any help in convincing the members you think are important to the clan, you can send a letter to us and we will help you from the outside.”

Cai Wenji stayed silent for a while, thinking if she should truly trust Lie Fan. Even though the letter contains Cai Yong’s handwriting and Cai Clan’s code, this can be forged even though the chances are very low.

However, she can’t just ignore her father. What if the letter is truly from him and due to her hesitation they can’t meet again.

Lie Fab: “Lady Cai Wenji, I can see that you do not entirely trust us yet. I understand your reluctance to believe us, but I hope you also consider that I don’t benefit from anything whatsoever exterminating your clan.”

Cai Wenji who heard this raised her head and looked toward Lie Fan’s eyes, she could see that Lie Fan was serious and sincere in saying that. Cai Wenji sighed and decided to believe her gut feelings, She nodded her head and told Lie Fan that she would do her best to convince Important members that can help the Cai Clan be rebuild in Xiapi.

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Name: Lie Fan

Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator

Age: 18 Years Old (185 AD)

Level: 13

Next Level: 12.000

Renown: 175

Cultivation: Art Of War (level 8)

SP: 376.700

ATTRIBUTE POINTS

STR: 491

VIT: 204

AGI: 215

INT: 234

CHR: 90

WIS: 199

WILL: 155

ATR Points: 0