Meng Zhao listened with great interest. All in all, although Lingwu City had seen a few minor disturbances, the overall situation remained stable.
The precautions he had arranged before leaving had not even needed to be used. This showed that while things could not be called splendid across the board, they were certainly not bad either. The only concern was Meng Zhao's seizure of the Divine Might Army. Should Commander Bai send word to Dragon City, it might trigger some unrest.
Still, at least before He Xin returned, everything had remained normal. Dragon City had also maintained his usual reclusive manner and had made no moves.
With a weight lifted from his heart, Meng Zhao looked at Cao Zhan, who had grown increasingly robust and whose features had taken on a more mature cast, and said, "Azhan, I summoned you to Hu Mountain in Liang Prefecture this time because I have an important matter to entrust to you. You must remember every word I say. After I leave, I entrust the Divine Might Army to your care."
Meng Zhao then told him about some of the events that had occurred after his arrival in Liang Prefecture.
At first, everything was fine. But when he heard that Meng Zhao had taken as a concubine a pregnant woman whose husband's family had been wiped out, Cao Zhan was rather surprised. Meng Zhao had quite a few beautiful concubines, but either they had pledged themselves to each other in love, or they had been taken in to forge connections with powerful forces and stabilize people's hearts.
Liang Muqiu, Han Lu, and Zhu'er, for instance, had been by his side since their days in Nan'an Commandery, and their bond ran deep.
The daughters of the Xun, Ding, and Zhuo families whom he had taken