Chapter 52: The Turkic Envoy

"Well done, Chu Feng. You said you were taking your soldiers out for drills, but it turns out you, you brat, have actually committed such pig-and-dog-like atrocities!"

"Robbing houses and plundering is one thing, but you even forcibly abducted innocent women!"

"Do you believe that I, as an official, will report you to Her Majesty right now!"

"What the hell???"

Chu Feng never expected that as soon as he returned, Zhu Kang would pin such a huge label on him.

However, this was also within reason; after all, such a formation was indeed easy to misunderstand.

"I never expected that the frontier rising star so praised by Her Majesty would be such a despicable person!"

Lu Shuwan also expressed her contempt for Chu Feng.

This guy wasn't even at the station when she first arrived.

It turns out he had taken his subordinates to plunder the property of the people.

"Old Zhu, you've misunderstood!"

Chu Feng hurriedly explained, "In your eyes, is that the kind of person I, Chu Feng, am?"

"Uh..."

"It doesn't seem so, but how do you explain these people and these things?"

Zhu Kang pointed to the supplies carried on the warhorses and these tattered-clothed women as he asked.

"Sigh, it's a long story. The specific situation is like this!"

Chu Feng briefly recounted what he had encountered over the past few days.

Upon learning the specific situation, Zhu Kang was even more surprised.

"What did you say? You wiped out the bandits on Yishan in Pingnan County!"

"That's right!"

Chu Feng nodded, "Otherwise, where do you think these things and these women came from!"

"Uh..."

"It's not that I'm lecturing you, brother, but you seem to have stirred up trouble!"

Zhu Kang also seemed to understand the situation, "Those bandits on Yishan have some ambiguous ties with the Yizhou Capital. You wiped them out like this; will the Yizhou Capital let it go?"

"Why, am I supposed to be afraid of them?"

Chu Feng became indignant on the spot,

"What I did was an act of justice on behalf of Heaven, saving the people from fire and water. The Yizhou Capital allowed the Yishan bandits to wreak havoc and prey upon the commoners, so I wiped them out. If they aren't satisfied, let them come and find me!"

Zhu Kang was speechless for a moment.

He had forgotten that this was a person who feared neither Heaven nor Earth.

He had twice penetrated deep into the Xiongnu heartland and slaughtered countless Xiongnu.

With two thousand men, he dared to go head-to-head with thirty thousand Turkic troops.

In the end, he burned their main camp to the ground in the middle of the night and even captured their commander alive.

Honestly, he really did have the capital to be this arrogant.

"If the Yizhou Capital dares to come and question you, I will certainly inform Her Majesty the Empress of their crimes!"

Lu Shuwan also chimed in to help at this moment.

She had misunderstood Chu Feng just now.

It turned out he had gone to suppress bandits.

Since that was the case, she was willing to give him a hand.

"Oh? Who is this brother?"

Chu Feng sized up this person.

The other party was about one meter seventy-five tall, with a face as fair as jade and a physique that was straight and powerful.

Their eyes revealed a vigorous, heroic spirit.

"They look quite good, too bad they're a man!"

Chu Feng muttered to himself.

Because he saw that the other party had an Adam's apple.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you."

Zhu Kang immediately explained to Chu Feng, "This is Colonel Lu Peng, dispatched by Her Majesty the Empress from the Capital."

"Oh? Personally dispatched by the Empress!"

Chu Feng said in surprise.

What exactly is this female boss trying to do?

Airdropping a Colonel into his territory.

For what!

To conduct surveillance?

In any case, this move by the Empress made Chu Feng very unhappy.

Planting her own people in his unit.

"General Chu, nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"

Chu Feng responded indifferently, then turned to look at Zhu Kang,

"Old Zhu, please arrange housing for these women; I will have great use for them later!"

"Oh? What do you want to do?"

"You'll know when the time comes!"

Zhu Kang curled his lips.

This guy was really something, still playing riddles with him at a time like this.

However, he did not let Chu Feng down and immediately sent people to arrange accommodations for these women.

After resolving that, Zhu Kang sought out Chu Feng: "Old Chu, let me give you a heads-up, this Colonel named Lu Peng has an extraordinary background, you should be a bit more polite to him usually!"

"Oh? Is his background very strong?"

"Yes, that's right!" Zhu Kang nodded.

"How strong? Stronger than the Emperor?"

"Can you watch your own mouth, you jerk!"

Zhu Kang looked at him with frustration, "In short, he is not someone you or I can afford to offend. Although he is a Colonel now, I still hope you two can get along well in the future."

"Fine, I got it!"

Chu Feng nodded, "As long as this guy doesn't get in my way, he can do whatever he wants."

"Sigh!"

Zhu Kang sighed helplessly.

Being a Magistrate was truly exhausting!

He had to serve this master well and also take good care of that lord.

"Alright, don't be under so much pressure!"

Chu Feng immediately had his men carry in several chests.

"I took eight thousand taels of silver from you before; here is ten thousand taels, two thousand of which is interest."

"Damn, just how much loot did you rake in this time?"

"Heh, quite a bit, but it's still far from enough!"

"Then what do you plan to do next?"

Zhu Kang knew that Chu Feng was preparing for the Heavy Cavalry.

So he wanted to hear his plans for the next steps.

"Well, I plan to..."

"My Lord, General!"

A minor official suddenly burst in and interrupted their conversation.

"What happened?"

Zhu Kang asked.

He and Chu Feng were discussing important matters, so why did this person suddenly burst in?

"Reporting to my Lord, the Turkic side has sent an envoy saying they want to see General Chu."

"What, a Turkic envoy!"

The two exchanged a look.

They did not expect a Turkic envoy to visit at this juncture.

"Heh, they come with ill intent!"

Chu Feng sneered.

These people he had been thinking about day and night finally could not sit still.

He did not expect them to send an envoy to negotiate so quickly.

"These Turkic envoys must have come for the Prince, Wu Ha. How should we respond?"

"How to respond?"

Chu Feng smiled indifferently, "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover with earth. Let's go, follow me to meet them!"

"I want to go too!"

Lu Shuwan followed them out at this moment.

She indicated she wanted to go see this group of Turkic envoys.

"Be my guest!"

Chu Feng did not mind.

"Lead the way!"

The three immediately followed the minor official to meet this group of Turkic envoys.

Soon, everyone arrived at the reception hall.

Chu Feng scanned the few people in the reception hall.

There were five people in total on the other side.

One of them had a humble appearance, looking like a scholar.

The other four were all guards.

The strongest among them was at the Innate Late Stage of cultivation.

"I wonder which one is General Chu Feng!"

Just as they entered.

The middle-aged man with the humble appearance spoke first to ask.

"I am Chu Feng!" Chu Feng replied.

"Hahahaha..."

"Truly worthy of being a hero among the youth!"

Xia Bai laughed heartily and continued, "I am Xia Bai, Middle General under the King of the Turkic Wuji Tribe, and I have come specifically today to pay a visit to General Chu!"

"I have long heard of General Chu's many deeds, and that poem 'Alas, the bones by the Wuding River, are still the people in the dreams of spring boudoirs' is even praised by ten thousand people!"

"The General is truly worthy of being the number one person of the Great Wei's younger generation!"

Chu Feng listened to the other party's words from beginning to end, and responded with a playful expression.

"Middle General Xia is truly worthy of being a scholar; this flattery is truly refreshing!"

"Ooh..."

Lu Shuwan almost laughed out loud on the spot.

She did not expect that besides being formidable at killing enemies, this Chu Feng was also quite skilled at roasting people.

"You..."

Xia Bai had not expected that the other party would not fall for this.

It was something he had not anticipated.

"Since that is the case, then we shall get straight to the point!"

Xia Bai calmed himself down briefly, "Our Wuji Tribe Prince is currently being held captive by the General, and we have come today to trade for Prince Wu Ha."

"Oh? How do you intend to trade?"

"We are willing to exchange one hundred thousand taels of gold, two million taels of silver, plus one thousand head of cattle and sheep for Prince Wu Ha, and we guarantee not to invade Anwu County for ten years, how about that?"

Once these words were spoken.

Zhu Kang, who was to the side, was quite stirred.

He did not care about the gold and silver.

The fact that the other party would not invade Anwu County for ten years alone made him very satisfied.

If Chu Feng could agree to it directly.

This would definitely be a good thing for the entire Anwu County.

And Lu Shuwan was also relatively satisfied with the conditions offered by the Turkic side.

If it were truly so, then the common people at the border could indeed have fewer disasters.

Just when both of them thought that Chu Feng was about to agree to the other party's conditions.

Chu Feng said this instead.

"Hehe, are you Turkic people really this poor?"