Recently, the front lines had sent in a string of victories. Grand Tutor Wen, a pillar of the Great Shang dynasty, had led the three-hundred-thousand-strong Chaoge army in a surprise attack on Xiqi City. Marching out from Mount Huanghua, they had routed the rebel traitor Jiang Ziya and his followers, slain thousands of Xiqi's elite soldiers, and dealt the enemy's morale a heavy blow. Then they had taken a roundabout route through Mount Qi and laid siege to Xiqi City!
It seemed that
before long, Grand Tutor Wen would surely break through Xiqi City, capture rebel leader Ji Fa and his followers, bind them, and haul them back to Chaoge, where they could enjoy the delights of punishments such as the "Scorpion Pit" and "Pao Luo," right?
That was what King Zhou, Di Xin, thought, anyway. So, in his extremely good mood today, he had drunk a few extra cups and passed out early in his bedchamber. This gave a consort named Daji the chance to slip away for a while and meet secretly with a Chaoge official in a side hall.
"You!"
"Stop right there!"
In one of Chaoge's side halls, the nine-tailed fox Su Daji, consort to King Di Xin, gritted her teeth and lowered her voice. Her hands clenched into fists as she struggled to contain her fury, and she shouted after the man ahead of her, who was about to turn and leave. He was a tall, burly Terran man with thick brows and large ears, long hair falling over his shoulders, and heavy bronze armor.
"Yan Wushi!"
"I kindly introduced you to the king, helped you rise to the rank of Senior Grand Master, and secured your appointment as the chief military officer of Chaoge, in charge of all military affairs inside and outside the