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Countless workers are building a magnificent palace.
This main hall was built to enshrine Ye Fan.
Once the main hall is completed, it will be able to gather the fortune of the entire Northern Cold and supply it to Ye Fan.
At this point, the main hall was about 70-80% complete, and from a distance, its basic structure was beginning to take shape.
King Xu Xiao of the Northern Cold stood in front of the main hall, directing the busy workers, and said, "Everyone, give it your all! This main hall is crucial to the future of our Northern Cold!"
The workers were also busy at work, and everyone's face was beaming with joy.
If Bei Han joins Ye Fan's ranks, he will receive Ye Fan's protection.
Who is Ye Fan?
Many people may not have been so aware of this not long ago.
However, as the Truman System revealed everything, and as many masters fell on Wangjian Mountain, people's perception of Ye Fan gradually turned into admiration and even worship.
In this chaotic world, with constant warfare between nations, the common people have no understanding of power struggles or national honor and disgrace.
What they knew was that their sons, husbands, or fathers were gradually dying one by one in the years of war.
Their homes were destroyed by war.
Thus, being able to receive the protection of someone as powerful as Ye Fan might mean that they would no longer be affected by the war.
From then on, they could live a peaceful and ordinary life.
Xu Xiao, the King of Bei Han, was also very excited that Bei Han was able to join Ye Fan's ranks.
The Northern Cold Kingdom is sandwiched between the Li Yang Dynasty, the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and the Great Tang Dynasty, and every day can be described as walking on thin ice.
If one keeps a low profile and ignores that strange case from back then, one could live a peaceful life as a prince in the mortal realm.
But how could Xu Xiao, the King of Northern Cold, be the kind of person who could suffer such a huge loss, even losing his wife's life, and still act as if nothing had happened and call Zhao Li his brother?
It is a fact that the hatred between the Northern Cold and the Li Yang Dynasty is irreconcilable.
As for the relationship between Northern Mang, the Tang Dynasty, and Northern Han.
The Northern Barbarians and the Northern Han can be said to be sworn enemies.
Whether in recent years or in the distant past, the Northern Barbarians have been engaged in numerous battles, large and small, in the Li Yang realm.
Most of these wars were fought by Xu Xiao, the King of Northern Han, leading hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of Northern Han.
It can be said that many famous generals and numerous warriors of the Northern Barbarians died at the hands of Xu Xiao and the elite armored soldiers of the Northern Cold.
These hatreds are hard to erase and almost impossible to reconcile.
Therefore, when Bei Han was still under the jurisdiction of the Li Yang Dynasty, Bei Mang always looked for opportunities to try to eliminate Bei Han.
Moreover, Bei Han has now broken free from the control of the Li Yang Dynasty.
The relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Han is even easier to explain.
The geographical location of the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty was due to this.
If the Tang Dynasty wanted to enter Liyang territory, it would have to pass through Beihan territory.
Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was known to all for his ambition to unify the world. Therefore, if there was an opportunity to swallow up the Northern Han, the Tang Dynasty would not hesitate in the slightest.
Under such circumstances, it can be said that Bei Han's situation is extremely dangerous after breaking away from the Li Yang Dynasty.
The key to why the three great empires have not dared to take action against Bei Han is Ye Fan alone!
Therefore, Xu Xiao took his promise to give all of the Northern Cold's fortune to Ye Fan very seriously.
He even supervised the construction of this main hall throughout the entire process.
While Xu Xiao was excitedly supervising the construction of the main hall, a servant from the Northern Cold Prince's mansion rushed to his side: "Your Highness! Mr. Li asked me to come and inform you that his spies have discovered important intelligence, and he requests that you return immediately."
Xu Xiao's expression changed upon hearing the servant's message.
At this moment, besides the main hall built for Ye Fan, what also concerned Xu Xiao was the clues to the strange case in Kyoto, the White-Clad Case.
In Xu Xiao's opinion, the most likely reason why Li Yishan would send his servants to find him in such a hurry was that his spies had found out information about the White Robe Case from back then.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiao impatiently said to the workers, "Everyone, work harder! There's something going on at the Prince's Palace, I need to go back first!"
"Your Highness, please don't worry about us. We will take the best in everything we do to build the main hall for His Highness Ye Fan!"
The workers responded loudly.
Xu Xiao nodded and, without further hesitation, hurried back to the Northern Cold Prince's Mansion with the servants.
Chapter 136 Ye Xiaoying's Hidden Secret, Ye Fan's Identity!
After returning to the Northern Cold Prince's Mansion, Xu Xiao went to his study.
Li Yishan had been waiting in Xu Xiao's study for a long time.
Sitting at the table, Li Yishan was engrossed in reading a letter, his brows furrowed.
"Old Li? What's the matter that made you rush me back?"
Xu Xiao noticed that Li Yishan didn't react when he came in, so he spoke up.
Upon hearing Xu Xiao's voice, Li Yishan reacted and handed the letter in his hand to Xu Xiao. Li Yishan's tone was somewhat solemn: "We have some clues about the identity of the person who assassinated Your Highness on our Northern Cold Border last time."
"Hmm?" Xu Xiao took the letter from Li Yishan, but his heart was filled with disappointment. He didn't really care about who had assassinated him or who had done it.
Xu Xiao glanced at the letter and then nonchalantly slammed it on the table: "Who sent this letter? It only says that the person who tried to assassinate me is from the Li Yang Dynasty."
"Not only is there no clear evidence, but there's not even a reason for the speculation. Is this the result of an investigation by our Northern Cold Prince's spies?"
"Since when have our Northern Cold Prince's spies become this bad?"
Li Yishan sighed softly: "This wasn't discovered by our spies. Someone left this letter on the table at our spies' temporary base in the capital of Liyang."
"The person in charge there found the letter, but didn't dare to make any decision, so he quickly sent it back."
"Hmm?" Xu Xiao quickly sat up straight after hearing what Li Yishan said. Li Yishan's words made Xu Xiao realize the seriousness of the matter.
Firstly, it is not easy to place a letter at one's spies' temporary outpost without anyone noticing.
This alone is enough to show that the person in charge of the operation is far more skilled at spying and espionage than the spies in the North.
Secondly, the purpose of those who acted was quite clear: to incite conflict between Li Yang and Bei Han.
Although the letter did not explain any reason or provide any clear evidence, Xu Xiao believed that the intelligence was highly likely to be accurate.
After all, given the messenger's abilities, forging relevant evidence should be a piece of cake.
Since they didn't do that, it's probably mainly because they disdain it.
It's possible that instigating conflict between the Northern Cold and the Li Yang Dynasty was just a whim of the person who did it.
Or perhaps
It was a test, a direction given, a test of whether Bei Han had the ability to find out the truth on his own.
Regardless of the circumstances, Xu Xiao had no intention of dealing with the matter at this moment.
Thinking of all this, Xu Xiao then said to Li Yishan:
"Tell the spies outside to keep a low profile and stay close to the base as much as possible, and avoid using temporary residences as gathering points."
"Secondly, let the spies follow this clue to investigate the capital of Liyang. The fact that they can send out so many top-level experts suggests that the Liyang royal family may have some hidden tricks up their sleeves. Just warn the spies to only investigate and not to alert them."
Li Yishan nodded knowingly: "Your Highness's thoughts are the same as mine. Right now, the most important thing for Bei Han is to transfer its fortune to His Highness Ye Fan."
"After all, Ye Fan is now our Bei Han's backer. The stronger Ye Fan is, the safer Bei Han will be."
"That's right." Xu Xiao pondered for a moment and then asked Li Yishan, "By the way, you haven't explained to me in detail how fortune is transferred yet."
Li Yishan chuckled: "Does Your Highness still remember the Zhao Dynasty?"
"Zhao Huangchao?" Xu Xiao frowned. "Wasn't Ye Fan supposed to have killed him? Why are you bringing him up now?"
"Does Your Highness still remember the golden lotus in Zhao Huangchao's hand?" Li Yishan replied to Xu Xiao.
"Of course I remember. It seems to be the Golden Lotus of Longhu Mountain's fortune. With the death of Emperor Zhao, the Golden Lotus also dissipated. So, now the fortune of Longhu Mountain is also about to dissipate." After thinking for a moment, Xu Xiao said.
Nodding slightly, Li Yishan continued, "That's roughly it. This Golden Lotus of Fortune is formed by condensing the fortune of Longhu Mountain."
"This secret technique is called the Qi Condensation Technique. It was created by a national advisor of the previous dynasty before the founding of Liyang."
"After the founding of the country, Longhu Mountain can be said to be equivalent to the national temple, and the incense has never been interrupted for two hundred years."
"Because of this, a tremendous amount of fortune has gathered on Mount Longhu."
"The Zhao Dynasty gathered here, forming the Golden Lotus of Fortune."
"Fortunately, I also know a thing or two about this secret method. Luck is inherently elusive, and it is difficult to gather it using ordinary methods, let alone cross thousands of miles to send the luck of our Northern Cold to Wangjian Mountain."
"But if we condense a golden lotus of fortune, transforming the illusory into the real, wouldn't all the problems be easily solved?"
Hearing Li Yishan's explanation, Xu Xiao laughed heartily and said, "We were just having trouble with how to transport this fortune, this is perfect, perfect! But how do we condense this Golden Lotus of Fortune? What do we need to prepare?"
Li Yishan continued to explain, "I have prepared almost everything that needs to be prepared. Once we place His Highness Ye Fan's altar in the main hall, I can begin to condense the golden lotus!"
"Alright!" Xu Xiao nodded. "The main hall should be completed in about three to five days. Let's hope everything goes smoothly!"
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