"Liu Yulong, what are you doing?!"
Xie An reacted first, hastily rising to rebuke him. He had no choice: if the sky fell, the roof beams would crush him too.
Few of the others joined in the accusations. Clearly, the scene had frightened them.
"Lord Xie, of course I know what I'm doing," Liu Acheng answered crisply. "Not only that, I know that after what I've done today, if anything really happens to Xuanzhi this time, even if everyone under heaven says Right General Wang was superstitious, I'll scarcely be able to set foot in Kuaiji again for the rest of my life! But have you considered why, knowing that, I still acted so violently? Was it merely because putting down the mutiny at Bowang taught me to strike first?"
Xie An was momentarily speechless-not because he had understood the reason, but because he immediately realized that he needed to contain the repercussions now, rather than keep reproaching Liu and make the matter worse. This must have been the real reason that scoundrel Liu Yulong had egged everyone into coming together: to share the responsibility and hold back the newly appointed Right General Wang together until he finished his performance.
But you have to give us an explanation and a way to back down! What was the point of charging straight into brute force?!
At this thought, he barely suppressed his anger and prepared to change tack and question him. Unexpectedly, Liu Acheng had already launched a counterattack. "Duke Xi, why do you think I acted so violently?"
Xi Yin paused for a moment, then looked dejected. "Could Jiabin have left instructions?"
He had actually accepted responsibility outright.
"Duke Xi, with several thousand li between us, of course I can't say these were Jiabin's direct instructions," Liu Cheng sighed. "But