Female Novel
Chapter 733 The Best Candidate (Part One)
As soon as the envoy mission heading to the South Kingdom left the Birch Pass, Luther blocked thepass, preventing anyone from entering. Some businessmen were quite dissatisfied with his action, butLuther never gave them a chance to question him while he was doing his job. The businessmen darednot to speak out their discontentment.
"Humph! Good for General Luther! Anyone can't disobey his orders in the Birch Pass. Even the othertwo generals don't make friends with him. Now he has become even more arrogant. He forbidseveryone from entering the city."
"You don't have to be angry about it. When the envoys are entering the South Kingdom, he has thereason to block the Birch Pass. After all, Prince Matthew and his wife are part of the mission, and hedidn't want others to know about their presence among the envoys. That's why he blocked theborderland. Don't worry. It won't be a long time, and in three days, it will be reopened," another mansaid slowly.
"Mister, so what should we do? Are we going to stay in the Birch Pass?"
A faint smile appeared on the man's face. "If everything is normal in the Birch Pass, we will be in thecity. But if something goes wrong in the pass or if something happens here, it will be uncertain."
"Mister, we didn't get the transfer order yet. Leaving without authorization…"
"Who said we didn't get the transfer order?" The man turned around, revealing a familiar face. It wasthe powerful and dignified commander in chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Marquis Shawn.
"Do we have the transfer order?" The deputy general, Freeman Yan, scratched his head in confusion.'Even if we have the transfer order, what is the Northern Expedition Army going to do in the southdomain? We shouldn't have come to the south in the first place, ' he thought.
Seeing the confusion on Freeman's face, Shawn explained to him, "Currently, the Great Jade Kingdomis stable. The Wonder Kingdom is peaceful as well. Yet, only the South Kingdom will try somethingunexpected to create problems. In the past few years, they have colluded with Harrison, and they arevery ambitious. Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, it would be the best time forthem to create fresh troubles. So, the South Kingdom will certainly try to do something evil on thepretext of the Worship Ceremony."
"I heard that Prince Francis was defeated, and is gone missing since then. Mister, is he…"
"Don't talk nonsense. We shouldn't spread rumors without evidence. We are soldiers," Shawn said, andthen sipped his tea from his cup elegantly. He just looked like a graceful young master, and not like atough soldier.
As he looked at Shawn repeatedly, Freeman wiped off the tears in his eyes. When Shawn first arrivedat the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he was so thin and weak that the soldiers lookeddown upon him and didn't want to submit to his leadership. Shawn defeated all the commanders withhis bare hands and punished all the soldiers who disobeyed his orders. There were three hundredthousand soldiers in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and many were punished. He was lenient tonone, and thus the whole training ground became a punishing ground. The soldiers there cried andhowled like ghosts and wolves in agony, and this scared the entire army!novelbin
People said that the law failed where the violators were legion, but this young general proved he wasdifferent. He was very cruel when it came to punishing people. He looked weak but was horrifyinglypowerful. The soldiers in the army were trained to be fearless, but they feared him and were obedientto him. They praised him with their innermost reverence the moment his name was mentioned.Moreover, the old generals too had great admiration for him.
Freeman thought, 'You tricked all of us with your appearance back then. We all thought you were ascholar who was weak and decent, but when you beat those soldiers, you didn't even treat them as
fellow human beings. I still remember the darkest days after you joined the Northern ExpeditionaryArmy. At that period, we trained all day and night, and many soldiers couldn't bear the pressure ofexcessive training. But still, no one dared to give up. It was because you, whom they considered as theweakest amongst them, kept practicing with them without giving up. However, they had to admit theirdefeat in the end.'
"Mister, but this is not our battlefield…" Freeman said cautiously.
"No, you're wrong. This too is our battlefield. The army of the south domain has remained as amalignant tumor in our country since the time Harrison's family led it. Now Prince Matthew wants toremove this tumor once and for all. The new emperor has just ascended the throne, and everyneighboring country desires to control our territory. Obviously, the emperor of our country is the mostunimportant one among the four countries," Shawn explained once again.
Freeman racked his brain, but couldn't figure it out. So, he asked, "Is it the idea of His Highness or HisMajesty?"
Shawn glanced at the deputy general, while hiding his face with his hand. He was a little worried abouthis deputy's intelligence. The new emperor was chosen by both the late emperor and Matthew.Although Lucas was not outstanding, he was not worthless. Matthew was not interested in power. Hecame to interfere with the army of the south domain, perhaps because he wanted to strengthen theirallegiance to the country and hand over the army to the emperor.
The people who would guard the south domain for the coming generations would probably be a branchof the royal family, and the best candidate was Carlson, who had gained military experience in theNorthern Expeditionary Army. If it wasn't for fear that Carlson might not be able to control the entiresouth domain, he would have been the one to be here in the first place.
"Of course it's their idea." As Shawn spoke, his memories travelled back to the time when Harperleaned on Matthew lazily. She had changed a lot since the last time they saw each other almost oneyear ago. Back then, she had been acting more cautiously, but now she was more confident andelegant.
While they were talking, Luther suddenly walked by downstairs, followed by a group of soldiers.Shawn's eyes fell on Luther, who seemed to have noticed them. Luther looked back quickly, butcouldn't find anyone. Though doubtful, he assumed that he was being too sensitive.
"His Highness was right. Luther is not simple-minded." A meaningful smile appeared on Shawn's face.But it seemed that something occurred to him all of a sudden, and his face darkened. It was becausehe still remembered that day when he was punched by Matthew!