BXBX NOVEL Chapter 294: Human Slaughter
Huyan Guang’s first reaction when he saw the Emperor of Great Zhou was that this young man was too handsome. According to the aesthetic standards of Beiting people, he was a pretty boy with nothing good except his face.
Not strong enough, not majestic enough, but when Hu Yanguang thought about this man’s behaviour, he suddenly came to his senses.
Although the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not look brave enough, he was ruthless and did not hide his hatred for Beiting. He killed people without hesitation, which made Hu Yanguang suspect that if he had the chance, he would kill all the Beiting people in one go.
Ye Shuo frowned subconsciously, but before he could say anything, he saw that the envoy from Beiting bent his legs and knelt down without saying a word. The whole set of movements was smooth, as if they had been rehearsed in advance, and as smooth as possible.
Hu Yanguang shouted without any pause: “Hu Yanguang, the envoy of Beiting, greets the Emperor Zhou.”
Ye Shuo: “…”
To be honest, this was probably the most sensible Beiting envoy Ye Shuo had ever seen. Compared with the two arrogant envoys in the past, they were totally different.
Ye Shuo couldn’t find any fault with the other party’s behaviour. He looked at him with a frown for a long time, and finally raised his hand with a helpless look: “Well, get up.”Hu Yanguang heaved a sigh of relief and stood up. Then he heard the young man speak again: “You are different from the others.”
“…Your Majesty Zhou is too kind.”
Huyan Guang curled the corners of his mouth, but what he thought in his heart was that, in fact, not all people in Beiting are not afraid of death.
The biggest misunderstanding outsiders have about Beiting people is that they are not afraid of death.
Well, he didn’t mean to praise the other party…
But these are all minor matters and do not affect the overall situation. Now that they have the initiative, Ye Shuo is not very anxious, but is in the mood to chat with him about other things.
However, Ye Shuo’s lack of anxiety does not mean that Huyan Guang is not anxious, especially when the other party said, “You look familiar to me, as if I have seen you somewhere before,” which made Huyan Guang’s heart instantly tense.
Isn’t it similar… As the king’s late-born son, the reason why Huyan Guang stands out among his brothers is that he has a face that resembles Huyan Jue.
But this face can not only bring luck, but also bring disaster, just like now.
Huyan Guang had not personally experienced what happened back then. Although according to others, his father did not do anything outrageous back then, judging from the fact that his father had escaped from the capital of the Great Zhou in a panic, he probably did not have a happy time. So no matter what, he could not let the Emperor Zhou guess his true identity.
Hu Yanguang’s smile froze for a moment, but then he saw that the young man seemed to want to continue, so he quickly changed the subject to business: “In reply to Emperor Zhou, our Wolf King wants to negotiate peace with your country. What do you think…?”
Here it comes.
General Fang and General Xu on the side had a flash in their eyes, knowing that the highlight was finally here. Even Prince Ding couldn’t help but lean forward slightly when he heard it.
Ye Shuo did not keep the secret and said bluntly: “There is no problem in negotiating peace, but I don’t know what conditions you Beiting can offer.”
If it were someone else, they would have to speak sternly and loudly to express that they were not prepared to negotiate for peace, using this as a threat in order to make higher demands later. However, Ye Shuo said it directly.
After all, the moment they nodded in agreement to let the envoy enter the tent, the calculations of both sides were already clear, and there was no point in beating around the bush. ȓɴŐΒΕ
Ye Shuo not only said it, he also made it clear: “After all, we in the Great Zhou do not have much food and grass left.”
General Fang and General Xu, who were originally calm and composed, immediately widened their eyes and were horrified. How could His Majesty reveal all this? It goes without saying what the word “food and grass” means to the army. Exposing the weakness so bluntly would not give Beiting an opportunity to raise the price?
Prince Ding, who was standing aside, was even more terrified by his brother’s sudden words.
Although he had already understood that his brother was no ordinary person, every time he acted, Prince Ding was still worried.
My younger brother is very capable, but it is also true that he is abnormal. No wonder no one treats him as a normal person.
Even Huyan Guang almost didn’t react. After all, when Beiting chose him as an envoy, he was not taught what to do when encountering such a situation.
Fortunately, Huyan Guang was quite smart. Under the threat of death, Huyan Guang’s mind worked quickly and he understood Ye Shuo’s meaning in an instant.
What he wanted to express was that there was no problem in negotiating peace, but the prerequisite was that his conditions had to be met.
If you are not satisfied, you still have to keep fighting.
In a flash, Huyan Guang became more cautious, which stunned General Fang, General Xu and Prince Ding. They thought that maybe the envoy in front of them was not normal either, and two abnormal people together made him become normal.
“In reply to Emperor Zhou, our Wolf King wants you to return the seven Cities. We can then exchange it for silver and money. We can also drop the marriage proposal. There is no need for the Great Zhou to send the princess over. We, Beiting, will send the princess to the Great Zhou…”
Before Hu Yanguang could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ye Shuo’s sneer.
“Princess again? You Beiting, do you really think I’m a fool?”
Last time, it was Beiting who sent the princess, but what happened? Beiting really had the nerve to bring up such a condition again.
Ye Shuo unexpectedly thought of his biological father again.
Noticing the undisguised murderous intent in the young man’s eyes, Huyan Guang really wanted to cry. He knew that this wouldn’t work. It had come to this point, and the Wolf King and the others were still unwilling to put down their airs. As a result, he was the only one in trouble.
“No, no, no, Emperor Zhou, calm down. I will tell the Wolf King when I get back!”
The benefits belong to the entire Beiting, but his life is his own. Huyan Guang can fully distinguish the priorities.
At this point, Ye Shuo didn’t intend to keep him in suspense and said bluntly: “I conquered these seven cities with great effort, and I will not return any of them. Not only that, you Beiting must pay me 20 million taels of silver, otherwise, I will kill all the 30,000 Beiting soldiers. Whether those 30,000 soldiers can survive depends on whether your Wolf King is willing to pay for their redemption.”
If they lost these 30,000 mouths, and used the spoils of war such as cattle and sheep seized from cities and other places for military use, their Great Zhou might not be unable to continue to fight forward.
As for the killing… although it is against the harmony of nature, if it is necessary, Ye Shuo doesn’t mind becoming a massacre.
Twenty million taels of silver!
This is one fifth of the annual treasury income of Beiting!
You should know that the annual income of the Beiting treasury is only 100 million taels of silver. Hu Yanjue broke out in a cold sweat.
However, Ye Shuo didn’t care about that.
“I will only give you three days. For every day that passes after three days, I will kill 5,000 people until they are all gone.”
“This matter is not my fault, but your Beiting’s. It has nothing to do with me.”
If they were unwilling to give up their own country, how could Ye Shuo, the emperor of an enemy country, pity them? If he pitied them, who would pity the people of Da Zhou?
Even if 30,000 people really started to use knives, they could only last for six days.
Huyan Guang wanted to say something else, but Ye Shuo waved his sleeves and drove him out mercilessly.
Huyan Guang was really at a loss for words this time.