88 Negotiation (1/2)

”You're not dreaming, General Hen,” Jun Min said helplessly. Because he's wounded and he needs to act as a scholar, there's no way he could ride a horse, so they are going by carriages. General Hen is worried that they won't arrive at the capital soon enough, but luckily the carriages are also rushing.

Ever since General Hen knows that Jun Min appearance is a flower boy, he had been saying that he's dreaming. How could he possibly accept that the boy who could match a great general such as General Tou is possibly a boy like this? More importantly, why is his body so small?

”You're really Jun Min?” General Hen asks for who-knows-how-many-times already.

”I'm Jun Min. Or do you need me to kick you out of the carriages to let you admitted to it?” Jun Min stared back.

The moment Jun Min released his aura, even General Hen feels suppressed. The driver feels it even more and his hands trembled from fear. Despite him also a soldier, this is the first time he feels such an intense bloodthirsty aura coming from a close place with him. The horses are running even wilder because of their fear.

General Hen looks astonished towards the change the person before him shown. A harmless flower boy had suddenly turned into a monster ready to attack. He quickly comes to his sense and nodded.

”I get it, please retract your aura.”

Jun Min does as the man said. General Hen feels more respect towards the man before him. Truly, you cannot judge a person just from their appearance. The appearance of this boy is usually harmless, but he can suddenly transform into a deadly person capable to strike at any time.

”How long the journey is?”

General Hen looks towards the still running wildly horses with their carriages shaking all over. He knows that with this kind of speed, they might arrive earlier, but the horses might die.

”One week at most.”

”Good then.”

…

Yan and Nanglong Souka soon arrived at Yuan Kingdom. The two of them go their separate ways as Nanglong Souka would use his way to reach the palace while Yan is just busy with his own business as a merchant.

Relying on his tricky methods, Nanglong Souka arrived at the palace and meet with Yuan Kingdom emperor. This emperor is different with Ming Kingdom emperor. The emperor is only in his thirties and looks bigger. His clothes are more solemn and the officials around him all fear him.

Looking at the atmosphere, Nanglong Souka can guess that the emperor is the one holding the reins for these officials. He's the kind of powerful emperor who will not tolerate anyone stepping on him. Nanglong Souka really wonders, can he negotiate with this kind of person?

”It's rare to see someone like you here, Minister Nanglong Souka,” the emperor said lightly. The tone of his voice is calm, but it feels like interrogating.

Nanglong Souka looks back. ”I'm just lucky to sneak in.”

There is no way he could simply sneak in inside this place. The Yuan Kingdom may be small, but it's still powerful which make it holds the position as one of the five big kingdoms in this area.

”Coming so far away, I guess your intention is for Yuan Kingdom to move back from the alliance army, am I right?” the emperor said calmly.

Nanglong Souka laughs a bit and said, ”Straight to the point, yes.”

”Very well, the Yuan Kingdom will move back.”

Nanglong Souka eyes almost popped out. Just what the hell happened with this negotiation? Why this emperor suddenly announces that they will retreat their soldier back even without him saying more than that.

Seeing the confusion from Nanglong Souka eyes, the emperor laughed. ”You may think I'm stupid, but I have my own reasons too. Have you heard the war report from southeast of Ming Kingdom?”