The doctor suffers from amnesia, but not complete amnesia.

The Grand Commandant remained silent for a moment.

"It's...Minister Ning, isn't it? That child was probably tormented inside, so it's not surprising that he took the initiative to tell everything."

"It wasn't him. Minister Ning was my chosen successor. His abilities and character are naturally top-notch, so he has never mentioned this matter to me."

"Then how did you find out?"

The Grand Tutor finally turned around.

"I found it while I was going through the documents."

The Grand Commandant paused for a moment, then shook his head.

“That Ning family kid is too rigid and inflexible. I told him not to take the original with him, just replace the fake copy, but he didn’t listen.”

"What are you going to do?"

The Grand Tutor ignored the Grand Commandant's nonsense and went straight to the point, his voice icy cold.

"What for? Naturally, it's for my Great Yan."

"Nonsense! If it were truly for the sake of my Great Yan, why don't you go and explain this to His Majesty!"

The Grand Tutor shouted angrily.

“My students keep telling me about the ‘decree of the late emperor,’ but that was the late emperor, not Your Majesty! Whatever orders the late emperor might give, they should first be communicated to the current emperor. As for whether or not to continue this matter, that is naturally up to His Majesty to decide!”

"By doing this, you are destroying the very foundation of the Great Yan!"

"You are the one who destroyed the foundation of the Great Yan!"

The Grand Commandant's eyes widened in fury, and a murderous aura suddenly erupted from his body.

"What did you say?"

The old man asked the question instinctively.

He felt like he was about to laugh out loud – the thief was crying "stop thief!" and trying to take advantage of him.

"Do you really think I don't know what you've been doing all these years? Do you really think His Majesty doesn't know?"

The Grand Commandant's voice did not back down in the slightest.

"I ask you—what is the foundation of my Great Yan Kingdom?"

"Naturally, it's from the mountain of giant beast corpses and the sea of ​​demon blood!"

"Since you know this is the case, then what are you doing?"

"I am here......"

The Grand Tutor suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"...Who told you that?"

"Of course, it's the late emperor."

The Grand Commandant and the Grand Tutor faced off, neither showing any sign of being outmatched.

"In the past, our Great Yan could slaughter giant beasts and drive away evil spirits. Now, it is nothing more than a beast that has been suppressed for thousands of years. Even if it awakens, what can it do?"

"You want to use that Sui Xiang for the Great Yan, that's fine, but you want to spread the Sui Xiang's achievements, making the people of Great Yan think that Great Yan also needs to rely on giant beasts to develop—tell me, who is destroying the foundation of Great Yan!"

Chapter 137 Conversation

“We’ve worked together for so many years, and we know each other very well—you should know that I didn’t do such a thing, and it’s impossible for me to do such a thing! I did make some changes to the documents from the Imperial Archives, and as for preserving the original documents, it was only to document the most authentic history!”

The Grand Tutor said in a deep voice.

“I have never intended to completely relinquish my control over the Year Phases. Even though I recently planned to try using the Year Phases’ abilities to deal with evil spirits, I had no intention of making it public. Using them is using them. I didn’t intend to let them ride roughshod over us, but I also didn’t intend to cover up our actions.”

"Our Great Yan is a dignified and superior nation. We cannot do such self-deceiving things again and again."

He stared at his old friend, his voice full of confidence, because that was what he thought and what he did.

However, he also knew that something was amiss.

Or at least, the Grand Commandant didn't tell him the whole story.

The Grand Tutor's plan to use the power of the year's phase to deal with evil spirits is a recent development. It was only after Qiao Yelan returned to the capital of Da Yan and had that conversation that he began to slowly ponder it. It has been less than a year since then, and he has only come up with a general outline.

Only then did he consider expanding the knowledge of the Year Phases, at least in their settlements, to encourage them to interact and communicate more with humans, thus laying the groundwork for his next plan.

Prior to this, he had never taken any initiative to uncover the secrets of the year.

Therefore, the Grand Commandant's reasoning seemed rather far-fetched to him.

Ning Shilang was not the kind of person who couldn't distinguish between what was important and what wasn't. He was willing to throw himself into it, even doing things behind my back, so it must have been personally instructed by the late emperor. In other words, the start time of the whole plan was at least when the late emperor was still alive—and the planning could have started even earlier.

As the Grand Commandant himself said, they had not met in private outside the palace walls for six years—the duration of this plan would not be shorter than that.

"Explain things to me clearly... The current emperor has not learned the methods of an emperor from the late emperor, but he has learned the art of imperial psychology perfectly, and his paranoia is even more pronounced than that of the late emperor!"

“If it weren’t for the need to completely sever ties, I wouldn’t want to bring this up in front of His Majesty. I’m sure you understand the consequences of my actions, and the consequences you will have to pay—but not wanting to do it doesn’t mean I’m afraid to!”

"You've crossed the line!"

The old man said sternly.

He could not tolerate his colleagues weaving a vast web that even His Majesty and he himself were unaware of—whatever the web's ultimate goal might be.

You absolutely cannot step on the line!

The Grand Commandant remained silent for a long time. From his face and reaction, the Grand Tutor could tell that his old friend was feeling very complicated and conflicted.

This made the Grand Tutor feel that the matter was becoming increasingly strange.

First of all, when the late emperor was planning this matter, he did not consult him, but only consulted the Grand Commandant. He even secretly won over Vice Minister Ning, and Vice Minister Ning was willing to deceive his teacher—this was strange enough.

Secondly, having already threatened to "reveal the truth," the other party, knowing full well that he wasn't the type to joke around, didn't react by backing down or negotiating, but instead tried to continue hiding the truth...

what happened?

Is this plan really aimed at behemoths?

The mountain mist had already dissipated as the sun rose higher, but the old man felt that the mist in front of him was getting thicker and thicker.

Another heart-wrenching coughing fit followed.

"Damn it, I should have brought a pot of wine with me."

The Grand Commandant cursed.

This one sentence caused the Grand Tutor's heart to sink to the very bottom.

He slowly, very slowly, took a wine jug from his waist and placed it on the railing.

"...Old man, you really know me well."

The Grand Tutor did not respond to that sentence; he simply gripped the railing tightly with both hands, preventing the Grand Commandant from noticing anything amiss.

This wine wasn't brought by him—

It was Qiao Yelan who handed it to him before he went up the mountain.

The Grand Commandant took the wine jug, unscrewed it, and took a big gulp, which seemed to be more effective for him than any spring water.

"This is excellent dogwood wine."

He offered a word of praise, took another sip, and then got down to business.

"This plan is aimed at [age], but it's not only aimed at [age]."

"In the late emperor's plan, this matter would be told to the current emperor, right after the emperor proves his abilities—but even if I were to tell His Majesty, after His Majesty understands the details, neither His Majesty nor I would tell you about this plan."

“If it weren’t for the blunder on Minister Ning’s side, and your pushing too hard this time, this matter would probably have remained buried for twenty years. I might have only been able to prepare you at the last moment of the plan. Moreover, the plan is now stalled, and I can no longer even tell His Majesty the details.”

The Grand Tutor did not interrupt. He knew that as long as this person was willing to speak, you would get all the answers without having to ask any more questions.

He focused intently on digesting what the other person had said, and the more he digested it, the deeper his doubts became.

[This occurred right after His Majesty proved his abilities.]

What if His Majesty is unable to prove it?

I had remained neutral because I felt sorry for Wei Yanwu and had high expectations for him. But was that old Grand Commandant really just standing by more decisively than I was simply because military men shouldn't interfere in politics?

To put it another way, how will Your Majesty prove your abilities?

They overthrew Cai Yan, yet dared to continue employing him and gained increasing control over this veteran minister. Opposition in the court was also diminishing day by day—isn't that proof enough?

But why did the Grand Commandant say that we cannot tell His Majesty about this matter for the time being?

Even if we told His Majesty, neither His Majesty nor I would tell you the details.

This means His Majesty can be told, but why can't he tell me?

The most direct explanation is that if I were told, the plan would have a fatal flaw and might even fail—but the Grand Commandant said the plan was temporarily stalled because he could not tell His Majesty the truth at the moment.

Does this mean that if he were to tell His Majesty about this plan now, His Majesty would become an unstable link, just like him, thus causing the plan to fail?

What do I have in common with the current emperor?

This commonality is something that neither the Grand Commandant nor Vice Minister Ning on the other side has.

The Grand Tutor's heart was no longer cold, but rather beginning to feel uneasy.