Cunning General Si Ning
Chapter 251: Unstable

Chapter 251: Unstable

The Yin mountain on the map was a mountain that had to have much little red crossed mark all over it, a red crossed mark on a map was to indicate a dangerous area, if the red mark is on the road or in the woods, it may be a case of slippery road, quicksand, deep pit, thick forest, dangerous animals dwelling place and on the mountain might indicate it being slippery, unsafe to put a footing, hot area, a path where a dangerous animal may dwell and the red mark on the Yin mountain showed that it should be a dangerous mountain but Si Ning wasn’t about to back down, it was a ridiculous thing to not take a chance of embarking on something because it was ruled to be too hard to climb or scared of something that doesn’t exist, he had played games full of zombies and he never shakes, bats an eyelid nor shout when playing them so he knew there was nothing like a demon on that mountain.

"Your Majesty you cannot do that." Song Feng said when he parted the mesh and entered the tent.

It had been quite sometime Si Ning noticed Song Feng was at the front of his tent close to the doorway, talking to two people and he knew one was Jiang ChenMu and the other seemed to be Xiao Pei or Yi Chen then after they left, Song Feng stayed outside standing alone before parting the mesh to come in and just with his rushed statement Si Ning knew he must have contemplating about coming in to say it or not.

"Do what?" Si Ning asked as he started to roll up the map tucking it into a bag, he was done staring at the map.

"Take Yin Mountain, you know how dangerous it is." Song Feng complained as he made sure he was in Si Ning’s line of sight by coming to stand opposite the table just to demand attention and not make Si Ning ignore him.

"Why because of the vampire?" Si Ning raised a questioning brow. They should be on the move, he had no time to talk nonsense or stay to chat a little, he needs to get to the mountain as soon as possible to check why it was said to be difficult to climb or how the first Emperor of Xiu did it.

"Va..am..piier?" Song Feng sounded confused as he tried to pronounce what Si Ning said in English.

Si Ning rolled his eyes not having the energy to reply or explain, he took his sword and brought it out, he had been doing that for quite some days admiring how sharp his sword was, he turned it over and over again before sheathing it and placed it next to his bow and arrows on the table. "The demon on the mountain" He finally replied as he touched his bow like he was touching something precious, caressing it with his fingertips loving how smooth it was which means it was a perfect bow.

Si Ning wanted to raise the bow to admire it and even draw the spring a little but that would waste time because he could hear his men packing up so he needed to get ready too, the tent was the last thing they would pack so he needs to go outside to allow them to work. He lifted the chest plate of his armour to start wearing it, he could wear it now without needing Xiao Pei’s help not that he ever needed help wearing his armour but it was part of Xiao Pei’s duty to dress him up, he raised a brow at Song Feng because the Imperial Doctor refused to leave yet he didn’t talk but kept looking at him with a pained

expression which was confusing to Si Ning.

"Yes there is the issue about the demon and you know that at this time of the year, the ice on the mountain takes months to break and melt, it will be completely broken now which will make the smooth Mountain slippery which means it is unsafe for us." Song Feng explained slowly like he was talking to a child.

"What?" Si Ning stopped what he was doing as he narrowed his eyes at Song Feng.

Who was Song Feng to advise him!

Song Feng replied. "Your men will follow your command but this is suicide and you know it." He said as he closed his eyes and opened them with a determined expression like he want to try his best to pass his message across. "Your Commanders are not here and your men can’t advise you and...."

"That is what made you step up because you are the only one that can talk, replacing my Commanders." Si Ning said with a tune of mockery as he chuckled and tilted his head. "The first Emperor did it so can I and my men." He told Song Feng as he started to tie the robe at each side of his waist to secure his armour, his neck was a bit sore so he turned his head to the right side and left trying to relieve the pain.

"That was during the middle of the year when the weather was hot, the sun high and all the ice as melted and that is hundreds of years ago and according to the script the mountain had grass and like trees growing all over it but the mountain now is different." Song Feng explained, "Also there is about that man-eating demon too." He pointed out when Si Ning didn’t reply to him and only kept strapping on the plates on his armour.

Si Ning raised a brow, so it was not only a blood-sucking demon but a man-eating demon too. "I didn’t tell you to follow me if you are afraid, stay and turn back now, it is not too late!"

Song Feng took a deep breath. "I am worried about you." He said with a surrendered expression as he finally voiced out he wasn’t worried about himself but was worried about Si Ning.

"Worry about your wife and child instead!" Si Ning snapped as he strapped his sword to his waist, his hand started to shake so he gripped the sword handle just to force his hand to stay still, his gaze on his bow.

"Si Ning! Look at me, this is about you, you are unstable." Song Feng grabbed Si Ning’s hand and raised it to confirm his statement because the hand was visibly shaking terribly. "See your hand is shaking and you keep tilting your head these days looking lost with empty eyes, not training but kept on checking your sword and bow and now you cut your hair."

Si Ning yanked his hand from Song Feng’s hold. "You shouldn’t call me by name Song Feng, I am the Empress." He warned and head out of the tent. "Get a horse for the Imperial Doctor he is going home." He told Xiao Pei who was waiting by the tent.

"No, I will not go home." Song Feng complained as he stepped out, his eyes beseeching. "Please Your Majesty let me stay, I will take the path with you but we have to work together, I have to check...."

"Song Feng!" Si Ning called out. "This discussion is over Song Feng." He said more like a threat with gritted teeth as he gave Song Feng a nasty look just to show that if Song Feng say a word about his hand, he wasn’t going to like the aftermath, after seeing that Song Feng didn’t say a word, he turned and started walking away while Song Feng looked like he was defeated.