Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1245: Revealed, the Instigator Behind the Curtain! (II)

Chapter 1245: Revealed, the Instigator Behind the Curtain! (II)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

"So many of them have died in battle! Do you believe that they will just let the matter go? Even if they can't defeat you now, what about in ten years? One hundred years? Once you are dead, they will go to war once more! The hatred will only deepen until it can never be dissolved. This is an intractable problem that will never be resolved, and in the end, the ones facing disaster will be the common people of the Central Plains. The land will be strewn with corpses and flowing with rivers of blood. Is that what you wish to see?" the old woman coldly said, still holding her basket.

"Heh!"

Seated in his carriage, Wang Chong smiled at the old woman's words.

"War truly is incapable of solving all problems, but can compromise gain peace? Withdrawing soldiers from Khorasan, allowing Arabia to grow strong, dissolving the prefectural armies, cutting off one's own hands and feet, crippling one's martial arts—is this your solution to neutralize the weapons of war?" Wang Chong coldly said.

Outside the carriage, the old woman froze as if rendered speechless by Wang Chong's argument. But a moment later, Wang Chong knew that he was mistaken. The old woman's body trembled, and her clear and bright eyes swiftly became turbid and dim.

"What is going on? What– what am I doing here?"

The old woman glanced at the reins in her hand, and then at Wang Chong and Zhang Que on the carriage, with a puzzled look on her face. It was as if she had been sleeping for a very long time and suddenly awoken from a dream. A moment later, the old woman muttered to herself, let go of the reins, and disappeared into the crowd. Zhang Que was watching her throughout, and when the old woman left, he was left just as confused.

"What is going on here?"

Zhang Que had originally believed that this old woman was some formidable individual in disguise, but he now realized that he had been mistaken. Everything that had happened just now had been ex

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