Chapter 733 The Best Candidate (Part One)


    As soon as the envoy mission heading to the South Kingdom left the Birch Pass, Luther blocked the


    pass, preventing anyone from entering. Some businessmen were quite dissatisfied with his action, but


    Luther never gave them a chance to question him while he was doing his job. The businessmen dared


    not to speak out their discontentment.


    "Humph! Good for General Luther! Anyone can''t disobey his orders in the Birch Pass. Even the other


    two generals don''t make friends with him. Now he has be even more arrogant. He forbids


    everyone from entering the city."


    "You don''t have to be angry about it. When the envoys are entering the South Kingdom, he has the


    reason to block the Birch Pass. After all, Prince Matthew and his wife are part of the mission, and he


    didn''t want others to know about their presence among the envoys. That''s why he blocked the


    bordend. Don''t worry. It won''t be a long time, and in three days, it will be reopened," another man


    said 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 the


    city. 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 was


    the powerful and dignifiedmander 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 south


    domain? We shouldn''t havee to the south in the first ce, '' he thought.Owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Seeing the confusion on Freeman''s face, Shawn exined to him, "Currently, the Great Jade Kingdom


    is stable. The Wonder Kingdom is peaceful as well. Yet, only the South Kingdom will try something


    unexpected to create problems. In the past few years, they have colluded with Harrison, and they are


    very ambitious. Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, it would be the best time for


    them to create fresh troubles. So, the South Kingdom will certainly try to do something evil on the


    pretext 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, and


    then sipped his tea from his cup elegantly. He just looked like a graceful young master, and not like a


    tough soldier.


    As he looked at Shawn repeatedly, Freeman wiped off the tears in his eyes. When Shawn first arrived


    at the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he was so thin and weak that the soldiers looked


    down upon him and didn''t want to submit to his leadership. Shawn defeated all themanders with


    his bare hands and punished all the soldiers who disobeyed his orders. There were three hundred


    thousand soldiers in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and many were punished. He was lenient to


    none, and thus the whole training ground became a punishing ground. The soldiers there cried and


    howled like ghosts and wolves in agony, and this scared the entire army!


    People said that thew failed where the vitors were legion, but this young general proved he was


    different. He was very cruel when it came to punishing people. He looked weak but was horrifyingly


    powerful. The soldiers in the army were trained to be fearless, but they feared him and were obedient


    to 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 a


    schr 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 Expeditionary


    Army. At that period, we trained all day and night, and many soldiers couldn''t bear the pressure of


    excessive training. But still, no one dared to give up. It was because you, whom they considered as the


    weakest amongst them, kept practicing with them without giving up. However, they had to admit their


    defeat 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 a


    malignant tumor in our country since the time Harrison''s family led it. Now Prince Matthew wants to


    remove this tumor once and for all. The new emperor has just ascended the throne, and every


    neighboring country desires to control our territory. Obviously, the emperor of our country is the most


    unimportant one among the four countries," Shawn exined once again.


    Freeman racked his brain, but couldn''t figure it out. So, he asked, "Is it the idea of His Highness or His


    Majesty?"


    Shawn nced at the deputy general, while hiding his face with his hand. He was a little worried about


    his deputy''s intelligence. The new emperor was chosen by both thete emperor and Matthew.


    Although Lucas was not outstanding, he was not worthless. Matthew was not interested in power. He


    came to interfere with the army of the south domain, perhaps because he wanted to strengthen their


    allegiance to the country and hand over the army to the emperor.


    The people who would guard the south domain for theing generations would probably be a branch


    of the royal family, and the best candidate was Carlson, who had gained military experience in the


    Northern Expeditionary Army. If it wasn''t for fear that Carlson might not be able to control the entire


    south domain, he would have been the one to be here in the first ce.


    "Of course it''s their idea." As Shawn spoke, his memories travelled back to the time when Harper


    leaned on Matthewzily. She had changed a lot since thest time they saw each other almost one


    year ago. Back then, she had been acting more cautiously, but now she was more confident and


    elegant.


    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, but


    couldn''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 urred to him all of a sudden, and his face darkened. It was because


    he still remembered that day when he was punched by Matthew!