Chapter 833 - Meeting Ji Ju Once Again (1/2)

Chapter 833

Meeting Ji Ju Once Again

After the signing, when Shao Xuan exited the yard, the rest of the people remained very silent, especially the few aristocratic patriarchs. They looked at him with strange and complicated expressions.

However, Ji Fang remained as usual, casually chatting away with Shao Xuan about past events. He did not act any differently.

Shao Xuan heard about the large-scale fight on King City’s busiest street after he exited. But his side were not the ones who attacked first. After the story was straightened out, the betting house and Changle people were in the wrong.

Ji Fang did not hesitate in dealing with the matter, first discussing with Shao Xuan about possible solutions. He did not act arrogantly.

However, Gui He and the rest knew that if Flaming Horn were weak and they did not have a person like Shao Xuan with them, King City would not be this polite. King City must be quite wary of them now after what happened during the agreement signing.

Even if they did not know what the symbol as tall as the mountain meant, they could guess based on Ji Fang and the patriarchs’ expressions. Shao Xuanw as the key reason for the change in attitude!

Flaming Horn’s Grand Elder was no ordinary man. They were grateful that he was a Flaming Horn. If he wasn’t, and belonged to another tribe, the Flaming Horns might not be where they were now.

The commotion at the street ended with the tribesmen returning to their accommodations with their stuff while the betting house had to pay for all the damage caused.

Many people were shocked at how easily the Ji clan let the tribesmen off the hook. Many things did not go your way here just because you were right. However, all the aristocrats seemed to agree with this decision. Those who loved to analyse situations started to mull over the possibilities.

The most active people were the businessmen.

The agreement between King City and Flaming Horn was an equal one, both parties could visit each other to trade. The tribes had lots of gemstones but lacked metal so there was an opportunity there. All the businessmen had to do was think about it before they started shaking.

Before the Black Bears could do it, many trading parties fought to visit the Flaming Horns first.

Within the palace, Shao Xuan and Ji Fang talked alone after the signing. This time, Ji Fang brought up Si, unprompted.

“Si wants to meet you in the palace.” Ji Fang observed Shao Xuan’s reaction. He thought Shao Xuan would rage but things did not go as he expected.

“Alright.” Shao Xuan’s tone did not change, his face calm as if not surprised that Ji Fang would mention Si.

Ji Fang was confused but it did not matter as long as his objectives were met. He arranged a place for Shao Xuan and Si to meet in private. Si was the head of the largest slave-trading organisation so he could not appear in the palace. Very few people knew Ji Fang was actually working with Si. Other than a few trusted people, before Ji Fang came to rule, even Ji Shou did not know of their cooperation. Si only started to frequent the palace after Ji Fang came to the throne and it was because of the incident with Flaming Horn that more people knew of their cooperation.

Si looked more humble this time, apologetic about attacking the Flaming Horn. Shao Xuan treated it as utter nonsense. He wasn’t apologetic, he was just regretful!

But it must be difficult for Si to act this humble.

“Just tell me why you’re here,” said Shao Xuan.

All the apologies that Si prepared for Shao Xuan were useless now. But getting straight to the point would definitely save time.

Si’s objective was simple- he wanted Shao Xuan to help find the Chief’s Bone Lock. He had used many tactics to get information about Robber Seven from other ‘Robbers’ but to no avail. That was because the Robbers rarely told other people of their whereabouts, even leaving out information when they worked together. This was a habit of theirs.

Si had not placed much hope on this information anyway. While he did not get information on Robber Seven’s whereabouts, he dug up some dirt on Robber Seven’s history. For example, he found that Robber Seven had been caught by the Flaming Horns more than once- more specifically, Robber Seven had been defeated by Shao Xuan more than once.

That was why Si came to look for Shao Xuan because other people were not reliable enough. Robber Seven was too slippery. Even the top three Robbers might not catch him. Although Robber Seven was not ranked very high, he was difficult to find, catch and kill.