Cunning General Si Ning
Chapter 270: Him!

Chapter 270: Him!

"Oh, what are you cooking?" One of the men that approached those cooking asked, his eyes glittering with delight as he stretched his neck to look into the pot on the fire.

"I am famished." The other said as he laughed and even proceed to drape his arm casually around one of Ge Liang’s hired men’s neck making the latter stiffen up."This look nice, cook ours too...."

From the look of things, it seemed Lee’s men were going to turn the men away but they didn’t since it was their employer Ge Liang that provided the foodstuffs and sent for Lan Zhang and his men so sharing their meal with Lan Zhang and his men might not be a taboo because their Master Lee wasn’t saying a word against it too.

"So you are interested in my business you traitor." Lan Zhang said diverting Lee’s attention from the men cooking. "Unlike you, I am a busy man so can you go call your Master." He added.

"Tsk." Lee clicked his tongue. "Busy setting up a senseless fight." He said sarcastically as he walked into the row of Lan Zhang followers showing he had no intention of calling out Ge Liang, he walked into the first row, his shoulders hitting their shoulders like he was purposely trying to pick a fight and he stared down at each man clicking his tongue before moving to the next.

"If I leave I don’t think your client will be pleased." Lan Zhang said with a hint of warning laid in his voice.

"You cannot leave, the Master is the next General in line, you cannot break the code by leaving before bowing to the next successor, it will lead to your death." Lee shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly like he couldn’t be bothered about Lan Zhang, he stood in front of Song Feng. "You have pretty eyes and look fierce, what do say you come work for me?" He said and slowly removed the dagger from Song Feng’s waist belt.

Standing in front of Song Feng was no good and Si Ning knew it, Song Feng wasn’t a soldier nor was he an Actor and Lee standing before him might make him crumble or get exposed because he might not do well under pressure so Si Ning slightly turned his head and he was shocked to see that Song Feng played his part so well, no erratic movement, he stood there like a tree, like he was part of the team with fierce eyes that stared at Lee without blinking. Si Ning was proud of Song Feng and even proud of himself because he was able to conceal his bloodlust and this was the reason for Lee’s slack attitude because they didn’t give any hint of getting ready to attack the camp.

"You leaving the army doesn’t mean you should harass my men." Lan Zhang said with a hint of warning.

"Before you see the Master you will have to leave out your weapons." Lee announced ignoring Lan Zhang as he looked at Song Feng from head to toe then he placed his hand on the hilt of Si Ning’s sword that was strapped by Song Feng’s waist. "What a fine hilt." He whispered his eyes shimmering as he wrapped his hand around the beautifully designed carved hilt.

"Then you should leave your weapons too, if you do that we do that." Lan Wan said and with two strides he slipped between Lee and Song Feng preventing Lee from drawing out the sword. "My brother follows the rule book but I am different, I will not lose a thing if I cut off your head." He said more like a whisper as he collected the dagger from Lee and handed it to Song Feng then he proceed to fake a smile just to look like he just said something friendly when he just dropped a warning.

"Tsk I have more men that can handle you, your brother and your boys right here, right now but I have to follow the Master that hired us because our slogan is ’We follow the riches who pay.’ so no matter the dirty job my client wants me to do, I follow but for some reason, I want to kill you and drink your blood." Lee snarled like a snake as he stepped back to his previous position and waved a hand, the man that was with him stepped back and turned, he later disappeared into the fancy-looking tent.

Soon Ge Liang would come out, Si Ning folded his hand then he pointed his middle finger and his forefinger but this time to his right and two of Lan Zhang’s men moved over to those that were at the weapon stand.

"Wow, let me see that, My eyes have been on that since we got here." One of Lan Zhang’s men said as he proceed to remove a spear from the weapon stand.

"Is this a sword? Wow..." The other one said wanting to draw out a sword from the weapon stand but he was stopped by one of Lee’s men.

This time Lee looked confused because Lan Zhang didn’t say anything as his men started to do as they pleased, he watched as his men immediately collected the spear from the one that carried the spear and they looked toward him because they were confused about how to proceed and Lee was about to say something only for Lan Wan to say.

"They do anything they like, this is you being so lenient." Lan Wan said to Lan Zhang as he diverted Lee’s attention to not see it as weird.

This time Lee closed his mouth and turned away from those at the weapon stand leaving them to handle the situation however they wanted and this led to Lan Zhang’s men that joined them to both hold each spear and started sparring as Ge Liang’s men looked confused but later decided to act like they didn’t see the two Lan Zhang’s men that joined them as they carried on what they were doing.

"I do not know what you are planning but I sense something fishy but you are a brute that will just start attacking without a plan so I don’t....."

Before Lee was able to complete his statement, Ge Liang appeared with six men, four with the one that went to call him all dressed like the private hired soldiers but the sixth person among them that stood beside Ge Liang attire was different, he was short with a lot of body weight and round with a large belly, dressed highly in shiny white expensive robe with a silver diadem that was high and straight, his hands filled with large ruby rings and with a dark liner underneath his eyes, with his appearance anyone could tell he was perhaps a priest from the temple and not part of Lee’s men but with Ge Liang.

A total of eight in number with Lee and Ge Liang included, two among Lee’s men were holding boxes that they placed in front of Lan Zhang.

A total of thirty two enemies were now visible in the camp.

When Ge Liang got close, Si Ning’s hand holding the bow shook a little, Ge Liang looked just like he did in armour but this time around he was casually dressed in a golden robe and even had a high golden diadem on his head, golden chains around his neck and wrists like an important man who was about to witness an important peak of his life.

"I can see you are here." Ge Liang said to Lan Zhang.

It was the same annoying voice that hunts Si Ning during the day and night, he had to take a slow deep breath just to calm his nerves as he reminded himself to stick to the plan because he was ready to detach Ge Liang’s head from his neck but instead he made sure his eyes were steady without a hint of being hostile.

"Yes." Lan Zhang replied as he bowed politely and the rest of his group followed to pay their respects to Ge Liang.

It was difficult for Si Ning to bow but seeing that they were being watched he had no choice but to swallow his pride and bow when he raised his head he saw the man in white staring at him intensely like they had some unfinished business or he was trying to stare into his soul and this made Si Ning look away then Ge Liang turned to the priest and raised a brow and the priest stepped closer and whispered to him then stepped back.

Ge Liang turned to look at Si Ning. "Him?"