Chapter 199: Expose It Simply

Without thinking, Mo Xiangbin shook his head.

He knew well about the greed of the people from the Liang Country, who were like blood suckers.

They wouldn’t give up until they sucked all the fresh blood.

“I know that you are telling me not to quench a thirst with poison, but I have no choice!” Mo Xiangbin expressed with frustration.

He had a headache and rubbed his forehead, sighing helplessly. “Junhao’s solution must be under the condition that they don’t know the fact that the colorful phenix has died, but now they have known it. What do you think the chances are that we can keep it a secret?”

Such a lie could be exposed soon.

Mo Junyang didn’t care and shrugged. “So what even if we are exposed?”

Mo Xiangbin goggled and seemed to assume that Mo Junyang thought it too simple.

If this news spread, a war would be triggered at any moment.

Mo Junyang saw through Mo Xiangbin’s mind at a glance and didn’t shrink back. Instead, he sneered. “It has happened. Since we can’t avoid it, just face it.

“Don’t talk about the consequence first. I think nobody in the Mo Country is willing to be a coward.

“If they want to fight, just have a fight!”

His words were forceful and resounding.

Mo Xiangbin was so shocked that he couldn’t speak a word.

After quite a while, he thought there was something wrong.

It shouldn’t be as easy as Mo Junyang said. “You are too young and thinks many things simple,”

Mo Xiangbin stated in all earnestness and patted Mo Junyang’s shoulder, seeming to comfort him. “Too many things are involved in it, and we can’t fight at will as you said. There was a war in our country last year and the common people were miserable. How can you bear to drag them to the battlefield again?

“Moreover, the colorful phenix is the holy bird of the whole Qin Continent. Once the other two countries join the battle, the Mo Country would be under siege from the Liang, Zhao, Wei countries and be in danger. How can we win?”

Every word was excellent and seemed reasonable.

But Mo Junyang sneered and sniffed at him, saying straightforwardly, “Your Majesty, you have said so much. The point is that you don’t have the courage to fight to death.”

Mo Xiangbin opened his mouth, about to deny.

Mo Junyang stopped him and expressed first, “You talk about the common people, the national power and the diplomatic relation, but in my opinion, they are not the reasons to shrink back and admit defeat.”

“How so?” Mo Xiangbin frowned and questioned.

“First, last year our country experienced a war, but was the Liang Country safe and sound? Their king led the army in person but lost that war. They suffered more losses than our country and their soldiers must be discouraged. Even if their king wants to start another war, I believe that the common people in their country won’t agree.”

“Second, these years, the Mo Country enters an unprecedented period of prosperity and development and the national power is the strongest in the history. Our national treasury is full and our people live in peace. If we have to fight against another country, none of the royal family members, noblemen and the common people will allow the enemies to ruin their life!”

At least in the aspects of power and financial resources, the Mo County was equal to and even stronger than the Liang Country.

Mo Xiangbin didn’t think about these points, and now Mo Junyang pointed them out one by one.

He had to admit that Mo Junyang’s words made sense.

If they fought, the Mo Country might not be defeated by the Liang Country.

“You are right, but once the news about the colorful phenix is exposed, the Liang Country might not be the only enemy we would face. Even if we can defeat the Liang Country, we will both suffer losses and become others’ prey at last.” Mo Xiangbin still didn’t agree with Mo Junyang in words and tried to find excuses to deny the advantages as Mo Junyang mentioned.

Mo Junyang raised his brows, with objection shown on them. He sneered and responded with certainty, “It’s impossible.”

Mo Xiangbin wanted to say that nothing in the world was impossible.

“The Zhao Country is a neighboring country of our country and the Liang Country and had been harassed and invaded by the Liang Country frequently at ordinary times, but it got peaceful gradually after allying with our country. Your Majesty, if you have been to the border of the three countries and had a look, you would know that the common people at the border of the Mo and Zhao countries live in peace with each other. Anybody who ignores the amity of the two countries and starts a war rashly would be condemned as a sinner through the ages.”

Mo Junyang analyzed the situation from the human relationship and then brought up an everlasting truth. “What’s more, the lips being lost, the teeth feel cold. If the Zhao Country helps the Liang Country destroy our country, can they be sure that the greedy people from the Liang Country wouldn’t swing round and catch them off guard to destroy their country?”

If the Zhao Country wanted to share the profit, they would help the Mo Country resist the greedy and ruthless people from the Liang Country.

Mo Junyang didn’t need to explain such a simple principle.

But Mo Xiangbin still wanted to pretend to be blind and deaf.

He didn’t give up. “There is another country, the Wei Country. This country always keeps silent, but if they join the fight, they can’t be belittled.”

“The Wei Country is in the mountain area in the southwest, and it’s difficult for them to come to the Central Plains. They have to send tens of thousands of soldiers to cross the rivers and mountains after a long journey and fight in our country. Do you think it is realistic?” Mo Junyang asked in reply with a faint smile.

He made Mo Xiangbin speechless.

The reason was obvious and the fact was in front of them.

The Wei Country was too far away from the other three countries. It was not that this country wanted to keep silent all the time, but its geographical position decided everything. If they wanted to fight, they had to think twice and realize that half of the soldiers would die on the way.

Mo Xiangbin stayed silent.

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He understood that. The fact was that he was too weak and didn’t have Mo Junyang’s determination and courage to fight regardless of anything.

After a long pause, Mo Xiangbin finally asked, “As you said, a war is the last choice. What about before that? Do you have a solution?”

He had a reason to ask such a question. After the conversation, Mo Xiangbin could almost be sure that Mo Junyang had another plan.

He looked at Mo Junyang with expectancy first and hoped that the young man could give him a positive answer.

But Mo Junyang didn’t speak, and his expressionless face couldn’t comfort Mo Xiangbin.

Mo Xiangbin couldn’t help but feel panicked again. He stared at Mo Junyang anxiously and promised him, “Junyang, as long as you can help me cope with this crisis, I will instantly grant the marriage of you and the sixth lady of the Shi family.”

Mo Junyang raised his head all of a sudden, with a ferocious look flashing in his deep eyes, but before Mo Xiangbin realized what the young man was thinking about, Mo Junyang’s eyes returned to normal and nothing unusual could be found.

“It’s my obligation to share your worries, Your Majesty.” Mo Junyang stood straight and bowed to Mo Xiangbin naturally.

He didn’t show the momentum to challenge the emperor’s majesty but looked exactly like a loyal courtier.

Mo Xiangbin curled his upper lip and thought, “I know Mo Junyang is capable, but he wouldn’t do anything for nothing. He is just like an evil wolf.”

If Mo Xiangbin didn’t give him some presentable profits, Mo Junyang could ruthlessly fold his hands and see others die.

“What do you plan to do?” Mo Xiangbin was still curious. What kind of good ideas would Mo Junyang have?

Mo Junyang smiled and replied indifferently, “The one who caused trouble should be responsible for it.”

Mo Xiangbin frowned in doubt and didn’t understand. “Do you mean to let Junyu…” Be the fall guy?

He didn’t finish his words because he believed that Mo Junyang wouldn’t have such a bad idea to make somebody a scapegoat, like Mo Junjiu did.

Mo Junyang certainly shook his head.

Mo Xiangbin finally heaved a sigh of relief but was still doubtful. He was not in the mood to guess and asked directly, “Just tell me about your solution. I don’t have the energy to guess anymore.”

Only two days had passed. He was quite happy to hear that the colorful phenix had been sent to the capital, but now he was exhausted mentally and physically to the same level.

If he had known earlier that the tribute would become like this, he would have controlled himself, not telling them to send the colorful phenix to the capital so early.

“The debt should be paid by the one who owed. Just tell the one who killed the colorful phenix to pay for it!” Mo Junyang pointed it out simply.

Although in his opinion, the colorful phenix was just a wild bird which was useless and could only be a mascot, in many people’s eyes, it was much more valuable than the life of most people.

Mo Xiangbin put on a long face again and stated helplessly, “If we can find the murderer, I will just push out the murderer. Why would I feel sad?”

The murderer who poisoned the colorful phenix hid himself so well. Mo Xiangbin had sent two groups of people to search everywhere in and outside the East Palace but didn’t find any clue leading to the murderer.

The murderer seemed to have fallen from heaven and didn’t leave any sign.

They still didn’t know how the colorful phenix was poisoned.

Even though there was poison in the water.

The question remained a dead end.

Mo Junyu took care of the colorful phenix carefully and entered the room with the feeder every time he gave it water and food. He tested if the food was poisonous before he fed the phenix, so there must be nothing wrong with the food.

“Unless you also say that Junyu is the poisoner,” Mo Xiangbin expressed with no confidence, even if a lot of people would echo him and ask him to convict Mo Junyu as long as he said that.

Mo Junyang shook his head and stated bluntly, “You know that the crown prince is not the murderer.”

Mo Xiangbin kept quiet and then sighed at last, speaking out what was on his mind. “I know that the crown prince is resentful all the time as I treat him coldly these years, and he wants to do something practical to impress me.”

He was the emperor, so how would he be unclear about this?

He just didn’t say anything.

Mo Junyang didn’t want to get to the bottom of how Mo Xiangbin played a kind father in his heart. He interrupted the emperor’s “confession” impassively. “The crown prince is not the murderer, but only he can find the murderer.”

Mo Xiangbin was shocked and looked at Mo Junyang in disbelief, uncertain about what he had heard.

“Do you mean that he knows who the murderer is?”

“How did you know?”

“Did he contact you?”

He asked three questions successively like shooting arrows, and Mo Junyang didn’t have time to reply.

Till he asked all of them, he realized that he was too emotional.

He smiled awkwardly and stopped to look at Mo Junyang.

Mo Junyang didn’t answer Mo Xiangbin’s questions but took two steps forward to grab a wolf-hair brush pen from the shelf. Then he took out a piece of paper to write.

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