The Unspeakable

It was only a few months ago that Gu Shenwei had first received the invitation from Norland and then begun intensive negotiations, and it was around then that he had asked Xu Xiaoyi to set up an intelligence system in the prairie.

The task was not going well. Xu Xiaoyi had appeared before the Royal Court as a businessman but realized there that the method he had always used to deal with the people of the Western Regions didn't work well for people of the Norland. He tried several times, but before he could get familiar with the rules here, he was already in danger of being betrayed and had to flee hastily.

Fang Wenshi had actually gained a firm foothold in Norland at that time, but Gu Shenwei still asked Xu Xiaoyi to stay away from him, partly because he didn't fully trust his counselor. He hoped that his three hideouts would be independent of each other.