Chapter: 5440

If Turkey's copper refinery and Cyprus' copper mine were to disappear simultaneously, this matter would naturally be unknown.

The British monarch let it slip under wraps, with the sole intention of stabilizing military morale and keeping others completely in the dark about that mysterious enemy.

From another angle, since the British monarch said that, they should also not plan to investigate their own responsibility again.

Wu Shu's heart was pounding with excitement as he ended his conversation with the British monarch, then used his phone to call everyone back.

After a few people returned, Wu Shu's younger brother, Wu Shuo, saw his older brother sitting in the driver's seat and walked straight into the driver's room without hurrying. However, he had a worried look on his face and asked him, "Brother, what did the British monarch say?"

Wu Shu frowned and scolded softly, "I've told you many times before, you can only call me brother privately, and at other times, you should address me as Commander-in-Chief!"

Wu Shuo hurriedly said, "Is... Commander-in-Chief... isn't this worrying about you? Afraid the British monarch will punish you?"

Wu Shu smiled slightly and opened his mouth, "Since such things have happened, they are far beyond my capabilities. It's the Duke of Jian who is difficult to escape from the other side's magic claws. What can I do?"

After saying that, Wu Shu waved his hand: "Go back, it's almost time."

Wu Shuo nodded and handed a bottle of water to Wu Shu, then opened his mouth: "Commander-in-Chief, take a sip of water and calm down. We'll head back now."

Wu Shuo felt a kind of lingering sense of being spared from death, so he was extremely relaxed. After relaxing, he indeed felt thirsty and went to take a few sips of water.

A few seconds later, his face suddenly changed color and he stared fixedly at his brother Wu Shao-hang sitting in the driver's seat, struggling to say: "Shao-hang, you... you... are poisoning me in the water?!"

When he heard his older brother's question, Wu Shao-hang turned his head and sneered, saying: "Older brother, my dear older brother, don't be mad at me for being ruthless and cunning. I'm just carrying out the English monarch's orders, after all. And it's no secret that I am your standby candidate."

"What?!" Wu Shuo's eyes widened in shock.

He had never thought that as one of the Five Military Commanderies and a trusted aide to the English monarch, he would also have a standby candidate!

And what was even more unimaginable was that this standby candidate turned out to be his own flesh-and-blood brother from the same mother!

He blurted out: "When did you become my standby candidate?!"

Wu Shao-hang smiled: "I've been your standby candidate since before you became the commander of the Right Military Commandery. To be precise, when you were about to take on this duty, I already knew about it before you did."

"Damn it!" Wu Shouxun exclaimed in a furious tone: "You're my own blood brother! You raised me up from childhood! And yet you've been acting as my standby candidate for so many years without telling me?!"

Wu Shao-hang retorted: "Why should I tell you? This is the emperor's absolute mission, and we are both vassals who serve the emperor. As brothers, we come second; if you're not plotting to deceive the emperor, the emperor wouldn't let me take your place, and that's because of your private feelings towards the emperor!"

Wu Shouxun looked worried in his heart but protested with a smug smile: "I haven't! I've dedicated my life to the emperor, treating the emperor like a god. How could I deceive the emperor?"

"What about protesting now?" Wu Shao-hang said coldly: "My older brother, you didn't just hear that conversation in the tent. I heard it too!"

"What?!" Wu Shouxun suddenly looked as if he had been struck by lightning and asked: "You...you've been following me all along?!"

Wu Shao-hang replied calmly: "Following is a bit of an exaggeration, but as your standby candidate, I not only have to be prepared to take over at any moment but also have to report every piece of information you come across in real-time to the emperor. That's to prevent you from hiding anything from the emperor."

As he finished speaking, Wu Shao-hang looked at Wu Shouxun with a cold expression and said: "Big brother, if you're willing to sincerely confess to the emperor and beg for forgiveness, the emperor might spare your life due to our family's honor and your many years of hard work. However, you've made a mistake, big brother! You've committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!" JrNovels.com