The Road I Secretly Showed Him

"Turn her into one of us?" Guan Fangyi looked deeply suspicious. "What do you mean?"

Niu Youdao said, "Nothing. Monkey is a single-minded man. With him blocking me, I can't do anything about it either. But he is also a man who values loyalty and sentiment, someone who has always acted with a clear conscience. He owes Su Zhao, though. This woman appeared out of nowhere, and neither of us knows whether some plot lies behind her. I'm afraid she'll become Monkey's calamity. Think of a way. If there really is no other option, then be clean and decisive—let her go."

Guan Fangyi was astonished. "Didn't you say it wasn't good to let her..." She trailed off, speechless.

She understood what Niu Youdao meant. Letting her go only meant releasing her before Yuan Gang; it did not mean she would be allowed to leave alive. They would make their move after setting her free.

She could not help sighing. "You're not usually so petty. Are you caring too much about that red-faced monkey's feelings?"

"If that woman truly has a problem, she isn't coming for Monkey—she's coming for me. How could I let her have her way..." Before Niu Youdao finished speaking, his body slid down, and even his head sank beneath the water.

Guan Fangyi crouched there, lost in thought...

In the Jin Kingdom's imperial palace, Taishu Xiong stood alone in the empty main hall, quietly facing a map.

Someone entered from outside. Shao Pingbo came in and bowed before the map. "This subject pays respects to Your Majesty."

Taishu Xiong slowly said, "You have heard about the Yan army wiping out four hundred thousand Song soldiers, haven't you?"

Shao Pingbo replied, "This subject has already seen the intelligence."

Taishu Xiong slowly turned to look at him. "Niu Youdao