While leaving the meeting camp Ying Zheng was called by general Qing Huan "Ying Zheng wait a moment." general Qing Huan called in a hurry.
Ying Zheng pretended to be surprised and turned around and bowed slightly to general Qing Huan "How can I be of assistance to you general."
While Ying Zheng already knew why General Qing Huan had stopped him but nobody likes a know it all and besides it could be for another reason. After all, Ying Zheng did not believe that he was all-knowing.
General Qing Huan continued "Hahaha Ying Zheng you have done very well you are truly worthy of my nature but I am truly sad that we met this late in your life but hopefully you will surpass all my expectations."
Ying Zheng had to lie that he was twenty-seven years old. That is why Ying Zheng believed that the traveling merchant group was his loose end since they could expose him and ruin his plans even if no one believes them it would still sow a seed of distrust in the nobles after all the nobles were not like the lower class people. If the nobles hear one bad rumor about you they will suspect you and grow to distrust you and if they hear a good rumor about you they will discard it.
But still, nobody would trust a twenty-year-old since he has his whole life ahead and most importantly twenty-year-olds are hot-blooded and impatient there are however exceptions to this Lin Feng and Ying Zheng could be considered partial since Ying Zheng's mind was older than twenty but he was still physically under twenty and Lin Feng could be considered partial since he can control his anger and he is a good commander with a good reputation. Ying Zheng had lied about the army retreating to surround the barbarians and Lin Feng did cause their momentum but still general Qing Huan did not refuse a good reputation for himself since some of his men were thinking that he was incapable of leading and was just changing life for life.
Ying Zheng sighed sadly "Sigh general I wish I was half as hopeful of myself as you are. I am getting older and all I hope for is a son to put all my hopes on and die peacefully I just wish to leave some glory for my son so that he can better serve you than myself. After all, I spend most of my time drinking and with women but still, I am forever grateful to you for making an exception. I do not know what I could have done without your help." Ying Zheng then finished with a small streak of a tear slowly rolling down his cheeks and bowed pretending to hide his tears away.
Hearing and seeing Ying Zheng's eyes the general did not know how to react as well he then just sighed and said "sigh Ying Zheng you are truly one of my trusted subordinates I am just sad to hear that you will not be able to live past your forties. I will try to help you advance in ranks and do not worry about your children I will take care of them like I would take care of mine." General Qing Huan spoke from his heart he truly did value Ying Zheng. He did not know why he just felt closer to Ying Zheng than anybody else. He just feels that Ying Zheng knows what to say and when to say it and he always gives him the best women and wine he has.
Ying Zheng spent a lot of time building his image. Although the lower class people might see him as a person with no dignity and honor but the nobles see him as a person who has seen through life and just wants a simple and easy life.
General Qing Huan then continued trying to get rid of the sad mood "That aside tonight we are having a small come together between friendly forces and do not worry there will be women and wine everything there be up your area of expertise but I would advise you to make connections with some nobles. Alright, I hope I did not bore you. see you in the evening."
Hearing this Ying Zheng shook his head and said: "absolutely not you are delightful to hear general and of course, I will be there tonight I will not miss it for the world."
Ying Zheng left contemplating his next steps. He could not keep on fighting the barbarians that would be counter-productive to his plans and how can the Zhou dynasty hold on to power for so long? Even though this is out of the normal history I can still work with it.
'And thanks to Lin Feng I can improve and further my cause. However, there is one problem is the leader of the barbarians still uniting at this point, or did the Zhou dynasty delay him but I do not care I will just assume you have already unified and conquered all the tribes after all a plan is useless if you do not take notice of the pebbles on your road but that is just the beginning of the plan if you want to take it further you have to pretend that the small in your way is a mountain, after all, it is better to overestimate your enemy rather than underestimate him and it is always better to underestimate yourself because that will make improve yourself if it does not make you despair but how can despair hmph.'
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