The Spear Knights of Nirwana

Plan 2

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All the officials of the Wu Kingdom were gathered in the meeting hall including Yuan Xia, Zang Yang and Tian Feng who were also present there.

It was also seen that Ma Xia Li and Yong Shing were sitting side by side and secretly glancing towards Tian Feng and also Yuan Xia.

"Remember brother Yong, we must not act rashly! Yuan Xia's adopted son is not an ordinary young man, if until we keep giving the poison to them, Yuan Xia's son can find out!" said Ma Xia Li whispering to Yong Shing.

"Of course I will not forget, I will not give the poison to the Yuan family, but to Commander Wei Fang first, the important thing is that the Commander disappears first, he said, since he was the only person who would be a hindrance, whereas that Yuan Xia child, he was not a person in the palace so he would not be able to do anything but Yuan Xia alone!" yong Shing said.

The two of them whispered to each other so that no one would be able to hear their chatter, yet the two of them did not know if Tian Feng was actually watching them.

With his sharp sense of hearing, Tian Feng was able to hear their chatter very clearly.

"Based on the cunning people! But no problem, as long as I'm still here, I'll make sure your plans fail!" inner Tian Feng.

From the direction of the front door of the meeting hall, Wei Fang came alone, he did not bring his long Golok.

"Welcome back Commander Wei!" one of the council members greeted Wei Fang.

"Thank you, Mr. Lan!" wei Fang replied with a warm smile then he stared at the seat of the Throne.

"Where is Zhi Yu Zhuan, why isn't she coming?" asked Wei Fang.

"Commander Wei, please speak politely, he is the King, so call him Your Majesty and respect him!" yong Shing said.

"What's? Which king do you mean? Was he King by the permission of the Council and the People? If not then don't you dare teach me about politeness!" commander Wei said then he approached Tian Feng.

"I thought you wouldn't come here Tian? Oh yes, Mr Zang Yang, how are you? Tian told me everything last night!"

"My condition has fully recovered Commander! I'm so grateful that there's Tian, if there wasn't him maybe yesterday I was dead!" answer Zang Yang.

"You're right, I'm envious of you myself because you have a disciple like Tian, at this young age he's already the strongest swordsman in this Wu Kingdom, I was actually hoping that he could become a Commander in Chief in order to protect this Kingdom, but Tian was not interested!" said Wei Fang while laughing loosely.

Zang Yang and Yuan Xia also laughed along, whereas the others could only see the four of them who looked the happiest of the others.

"Where did Zhi Yu Zhuan go? Did he not dare to come here?" wei Fang asked then he turned around and looked towards Yong Shing.

"Counselor Yong, quickly call Zhi Yu Zhuan here!"

Yong Shing looked at Ma Xia Li, he wanted to refuse yet he did not dare, "Okay Commander!" yong Shing replied then he left but his eyes glanced at the waiter who was delivering food and drinks to everyone present.

Yong Shing nodded his head at the waiter, and the waiter immediately returned a nod and then he went to deliver the meal to their table.

"Please Master Yuan, Young Master and Master Zang!" said the waiter gave a treat to them.

Tian Feng watched the drink then glanced at Wei Fang's collar, which was already served with food and drink in front of him.

Ma Xia Li's eyes could not be separated from Wei Fang, he hoped that Wei Fang would drink it immediately, he was sure that Wei Fang could not possibly be aware that his drink had been poisoned.

The poison this time was different from the poison that had been given to Zang Yang, the poison was a gastric destruction poison.

The poison will act at night, while the smell and color are completely absent.

Wei Fang did not directly eat or drink the treats before him thus making Ma Xia Li almost lose his patience waiting for Wei Fang.

Thinking hard, Ma Xia Li came up with the idea that Wei Fang could drink the water.

"The Council and the brethren, it has been a long time since Commander Wei left, and now he has regrouped with us, while waiting for His Majesty Zhi to come, how about a toast to Commander Wei?"

Everyone who was there nodded in agreement to Ma Xia Li's proposal except for Tian Feng alone who was silent.

"Truely, it has been a dozen years the Commander left, so it never hurts for us to give his welcome back with a toast together! I hope the Commander doesn't mind and makes a toast with us!" said one of the Council.

"Haha... Of course I don't mind, I'm actually very honored for your welcome to me! Then let's have a toast together!" said Wei Fang at once lifting his cup and preparing to drink it.

Ma Xia Li smiled widely, he felt that the way it could really make Wei Fang drink its water was a warm ginseng stew.

All of them both raised their cups except for Tian Feng alone, "Tian let's drink together!" bring Wei Fang.

"For the sake of Commander Wei, may the commander have a long life!" ma Xia Li said.

Everyone almost poured their drinking water into their mouths, yet Tian Feng's voice immediately sounded and stopped them all.

"Wait a minute!" tian Feng said making everyone stop moving.

"Tian! What was? Why did you stop us?" asked Yuan Xia.

"Sorry father, commander and all! Why do we have to toast to welcome Commander Wei? Is there no better way than this?" tian Feng asked, but he actually wanted to cancel his toast.

"Young people, it's been our custom to welcome the most important person in the palace!" ma Xia Li said.

Tian Feng got up and carried his cup then he stood beside Wei Fang, "There is something more interesting than this!" said Tian Feng.

Everyone stared at Tian Feng with their own curiosity.

"Do you have any idea what Tian is? I think this is the most interesting thing to honor a hero like Commander Wei!" said Yuan.

Everyone looked at each other, they felt Tian Feng's idea was very strange, but some agreed.

"Wait a minute, this is not true! So far there has never been a drink exchange for a toast, but now why all of a sudden there is an event like this? I don't agree!" said Ma Xia Li who was a little panicked because she had to exchange drinks with Wei Fang.

"It's okay Officer Ma, after all I agree with Tian's idea! Let's exchange drinks," Wei Fang said as he handed over his pre-existing cup Gingseng.

"No-no, this is not true, why should I exchange drinks with the Commander?" asked Ma Xia Li who refused to exchange drinks.

"What's the matter, Master Ma? Do you mind exchanging drinks with the Commander? Or is there another reason?" tian Feng asked.

Ma Xia Li was trying to find the right reason, according to him Tian Feng most likely already knew that in Wei Fang's drinking water there was poison.

"It's already Official Ma, you're lucky to be able to get the water belonging to Commander Wei," Ying Lo said with a grin.

Ma Xia Li really did not dwell, if he still refused then all would suspect him, but if he accepted, then he would be the one to be exposed to his poison from Yama Denji.

Ma Xia Li took the water at once swapped it with his own.

"Well now let's toast to Commander Wei!" said one of the Council at once raised his cup.

"For Commander Wei!" everything said in unison, yet Ma Xia Li only muttered a little.

Ma Xia Li glanced towards Tian Feng who was smiling cunningly towards him and then Tian Feng gulped down his ginseng water.

Everyone had started to gulp down their own drinking water except for Ma Xia Li who just stuck her lips on the edge of the cup, she did not put the water in her mouth at all.

Ma Xia Li tried not to let a single drop in, but suddenly an object hit his throat.

"Uhuk-uhuk-san.. Uhuk-uhuk..!"

Unintentionally Ma Xia Li swallowed a little of the water and coughed, he felt a sore throat so much that by reflex opening his mouth slightly as he wanted to cry out in pain, he felt a sore throat, but the incoming water just so that he choked the water.

"Master Ma! Why is it such a hurry?" tian Feng said as he patted Ma Xia Li's shoulder hard.

Instead of feeling light, Ma Xia Li's cough grew louder as Tian Feng hit her shoulders hard enough.

Ma Xia Li saw that there were bean seeds falling from his robe, he was sure that those beans had already hit his throat, he said, at the same time Ma Xia Li looked at Tian Feng's hand which was holding some bean seeds, and finally he understood if the bean that hit his throat was Tian Feng's act to get the ginseng water into his mouth.

Ying Lo immediately picked up the water that had not been consumed by Ma Xia Li, "Hurry to drink some more Officer Ma to be more relieved!" said Ying Lo.

Ma Xia Li glanced at his desk and saw that there was one cup there, he thought that it was Wei Fang's cup that he had placed there, so he thought that the water given by Ying Lo was another water.

Ma Xia Li immediately took the water from Ying Lo and drank it to the end and then handed the cup back to Ying Lo.

"Thank you Commander Ying!" ma Xia said after his cough subsided.

"Just Ma's Office!" said Ying Lo then she returned to her place.

Ma Xia Li immediately sat down, but his gaze was directed towards Tian Feng who was already seated and also still smiling widely at him.

Zhi Yu Zhuan came right after everything calmed down, Ma Xia Li immediately stood up to salute, yet the others did not stand up.

They were waiting for Wei Fang, if Wei Fang got up and saluted Zhi Yu Zhuan, then the others would come up.

Zhi Yu Zhuan could only hold back her anger towards Wei Fang, she glanced towards Yong Shing beside her wanting to know whether the plan to poison Wei Fang had been done or not.

Yong Shing nodded his head so that Zhi Yu Zhuan breathed a sigh of relief, moreover he saw that everyone had drunk their own water to the very end.

Yong Shing glanced at Ma Xia Li, but Ma Xia only sighed while shaking his head, of course Yong Shing was a bit confused, but he could not ask because the situation was not yet right.

"Wait for Zhi Yu Zhuan, you don't sit on that throne, before we all acknowledge you, then you can't sit there yet!" said Wei Fang.

Wei Fang's words clearly made Zhi Yu Zhuan not accept it, yet she did not voice out her and tried to smile kindly as well as answer Wei Fang's words.

"Of course the Commander! I'm not just gonna sit there!" zhi Yu Zhuan said.

"Officer Yong, sit down at your place!" zhi Yu Zhuan said.

Yong Shing immediately retreated and returned to his place beside Ma Xia Li, "Brother Ma! I hope he's drinking his water!" yong Shing said in a whisper.

"Brother Yong, all failed, look at that water in front of me, it's his water!" said Ma Xia Li who explained briefly if all the plans had failed.

Yong Shing was surprised then he slowly picked up the cup which he thought was still water.

"This cup is empty!" yong Shing said.

Ma Xia Li immediately glared then he picked up the cup, "No! This is impossible!" Ma Xia Li immediately panicked and then without excuse he immediately ran out and made everyone astonished.

Ma Xia Li ran out and then he put his finger down his throat so that the water he drank could be removed again.

Regardless of Ma Xia Li running out before the meeting was over, within Wei Fang's own palace had already begun to discuss the matter of Zhi Yu Zhuan becoming King without being appointed by anyone.

Although everyone listened to Wei Fang's words, only Yong Shing was unsettled because Ma Xia Li had suddenly escaped.

"What has really happened, and why is the water belonging to Commander Wei here?" inner Yong Shing who was starting to fidget.