The Eastern Continent Swordsman

86. SECRET SILVER ROLLS

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Master Zhengyi grabbed the brown scroll extended by the soldier. Several times Mr. Zhengyi nodded his head while massaging his chin as he read line by line the letter. Every now and then, Mr. Zhengyi turned his gaze to Zhou Fu and went back to reading the lines in the brown scroll.

“Is everything written in this letter a truth, Young Man?” Master Zhengyi frowned as he handed the brown scroll to Zhou Fu. Of course the intent of Mr. Zhengyi was to ask Zhou Fu to re-examine the veracity of the information in the letter.

Hesitatingly, Zhou Fu grabbed the brown scroll from Master Zhengyi's hand. He closed his eyes for a moment, took a deep breath and began to observe line by line the writing contained in the letter. The more Zhou Fu observed the contents of the letter, the more his head became dizzy as he did not understand what the letter contained.

“Master, can Gentlemen come out for a moment? There is something I would like to personally tell Mr. Zhengyi,” Zhou Fu tried his luck by asking those soldiers from the Caihong Military to come out of the banquet hall.

The two soldiers from Caihong Military Headquarters were originally just looking at each other but then they were willing to come out for a while. As soon as those Caihong soldiers came out, Zhou Fu immediately bluntly appeared before Master Zhengyi and Feng Yaoshan.

“Master, I spent my childhood and adolescence in the woods. I hope you understand that in the forest there is no school that teaches me to read and write,” Zhou Fu said, handing over the chocolate scroll in his hand to Mr. Zhengyi.

“Oh, it's worth it that you don't really have manners. Surely in the forest also no one teaches manners, right?” chirp Feng Yaoshan but he instantly got a sharp glint from Lord Zhengyi.

“I can understand your situation, Young Man. Don't worry, it's not a big deal. So, this brown scroll is essentially a refinement of the first invitation you've received, at least here explained you've been sent the first invitation. Is true?”

Zhou Fu nodded.

“Well, here, it is explained again that the palace directly wants to meet you. They apologized for making too small an offer before. So, in the current letter, it is explained that they have revised the offer. They want to give you the position of King, you must know ‘kan if the Caihong government also oversees some large areas outside this land. Well, it looks like the meeting you have to attend is related to the selection of the territory you will sit in.”

Master Zhengyi looked astonished and felt quite amazed by his guest named Zhou Fu.

“King? In the territory of Caihong?” Feng Yaoshan gulped. That's a pretty tempting offer. After all, the privileges of a King would definitely be many times more than the privileges of nobles of all castes.

“Ya, King of the Commonwealth region of the Caihong government. I became curious, what great things have Young People done to attract the attention of the central government?” Master Zhengyi asked towards Zhou Fu.

“It seems that I am not very interested in the offer, Sir. By the way, how do I refuse this offer so kindly and politely? After all, I have also been the King of the Forest all this time,” Zhou Fu said as he threw a small joke.

“You refused to be made King? Incredibly, this position is even usually contested very difficult by government officials. Let alone the position of the King, the position of mayor as I will be nominated has triggered a lot of unhealthy competition!”

Tok Tok Tok…

Master Zhengyi turned towards the door. It seemed like Zhou Fu's time to talk to him had been considered exhausted by the two warriors out there. Lord Zhengyi gestured again to the guards to open the door of the banquet hall. The door opened and two Caihong soldiers re-entered. Their eyes were on Zhou Fu.

“Young Master, our time is not much. The horse carriage was waiting outside, let us take the Young Master to the horse carriage,” one of the soldiers told Zhou Fu without regard for the others in the room.

“Sorry before. How is the most polite way to reject this offer?” Zhou Fu asked everyone, he was actually willing to refuse blatantly, but at that time he was trying to obey Grandpa Li Xian and Patriarch Yuan Kai to try to avoid conflict with the Caihong government.

“Yes, Mr. Zhengyi is right. If Young Master wants to reject this offer, then say it in a meeting together.” said one of the soldiers justifying the sentence of Shen Shen's father.

“Oh no. I guess Young Master can refuse this pick-up. I almost forgot. You can decline this invitation, but on one condition. The master must receive the parcel in the following scroll. There was one more scroll for the Young Master,” one soldier took another scroll hanging on his back. It was a scroll that did not need to be given to Zhou Fu if Zhou Fu was immediately willing to be picked up to be taken to the palace.

“We have orders to give this scroll, if there is a possibility that Young Master will reject the palace's offer. Please accept, and if Tuan has accepted, then we have also been relieved of the task of picking up Young Master.” The soldier extended a silver scroll to Zhou Fu.

Everyone in the room became increasingly curious about the contents of the second scroll. Zhou Fu received first the silver scroll, among all the curious people, naturally Zhou Fu was the most curious of all.

“Master can open it after we retreat. All right, gentlemen, thank you for your time. We will leave if Young Master insists on not joining our entourage.”

“Yes, you go. I guess I prefer to get this silver roll.” replied Zhou Fu briefly.

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It was silent for a while after the departure of the two palace soldiers. Master Zhengyi and Feng Yaoshan looked very eager to know the contents of the silver scroll. Therefore, in those seconds Zhou Fu opened the silver scroll, Master Zhengyi and Feng Yaoshan were like holding their breaths together.

“What is it?” mister Zhengyi and Feng Yaoshan exclaimed just as Zhou Fu showed quite a surprised expression after successfully opening the parcel.

Zhou Fu gulped many times, he never expected it to happen. At least, the contents of the parcel managed to make him angry and confused. He praised the mastermind behind the order for his pick-up because after receiving the silver scroll, Zhou Fu made sure that he had to go alone to the palace.

“Hey, what is it?” Feng Yaoshan clenched his hands curiously.

“Tell me, how long is the journey from here to the palace?”

“Young man, why did you change your mind so quickly? What exactly is the content of the scroll? Can't you read the writing? Do you understand what the scroll means?”

Zhou Fu let out a long breath. He finally put the scroll onto the table, opening it wide so that Master Zhengyi and Feng Yaoshan could see it.

Master Zhengyi frowned as he still did not understand, while Feng Yaoshan was seen nodding his head as if he understood why Zhou Fu should come to the palace.

“It...” Feng Yaoshan pointed towards the scroll on the table.

“Yes, you're right!” Zhou Fu chimed in even before Feng Yaoshan finished his sentence.

“What does it mean?” Master Zhengyi asked as he turned to Zhou Fu and Feng Yaoshan in turn.

“It was a friend of Zhou Fu,” Feng Yaoshan said as he pointed right at the face of a beautiful girl painted on a silver scroll, “Zhou Fu had to come to the palace because his friend had been taken there,” Feng Yaoshan said again as if representing Zhou Fu to give an explanation to Lord Zhengyi. Feng Yaoshan began to think about something bad after seeing the way the government forced Zhou Fu to come to the palace.