Feng Yu Jiu Tian - Volume 9 - Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7

Rong Tian tells Feng Ming that they should prepare to head back to the hidden campsite to investigate the area. Feng Ming asked if Ruo Yan might be waiting for them back there. Rong Tian tells him to not worry since Ruo Yan had made a mistake, he would not waste more time by sticking around. Also, since Ruo Yan was awake, news of this will soon spread and he would have other matters to settle back in Li Kingdom.

Rong Tian then asked Feng Ming if he wanted to attend the meeting held with the generals, regarding the plans to revisit the campsite, or if he wanted to see Rong Hu. Feng Ming choose to visit Rong Hu instead.

Just as Feng Ming went to look for Rong Hu, he ran into one of the guards who informed Feng Ming that Mian Ya and the other soldiers were being punished. Because the Duke had fallen off his horse and had injured his head, they were being sentenced with 50 whippings and had to kneel the entire day due to their failure to protect him.

The soldier pleaded with Feng Ming to ask Rong Tian for leniency. Feng Ming answered that he will do just that and immediately left to find Rong Tian.

Before Feng Ming could talk to Rong Tian, he was pulled aside by Lie Er. Feng Ming told Lie Er about Mian Ya, to which Lie Er suggested that he should speak with Rong Hu instead. He brought Feng Ming to where his brother and the maids were.

When Feng Ming saw Chiu Lan and the others, he didn’t know how to tell them about Cai Jiang. Since Lady Yao Ye had taken Cai Jiang away, he was worried that they would become upset and cry all day.

Unexpectedly, Chiu Lan told Feng Ming that they understood the Great King’s decision and would not argue against it. They also agreed that Cai Jiang would be in good hands. However, Chiu Lan said she would miss cooking for the boy. The others replied that she could just cook for Duke Ming, Lie Er, and everyone else—but most importantly, cook for Rong Hu.

After everyone excused themselves to attend to their own matters, Feng Ming and Rong Hu had a private talk. Feng Ming told Rong Hu about Mian Ya and asked Rong Hu for his advice. Rong Hu answered that since Mian Ya had made a mistake, he deserved to be punished and there was nothing they could do. Feng Ming was upset by this, and asked him whether Mian Ya was their comrade and if they wouldn’t want to plead on his behalf.

Rong Hu then told Feng Ming that he should be more considerate of Rong Tian since he recently lost Mei Ji in the fire. Feng Ming had not been thinking about this before, since he always believed that Rong Tian was a strong person who was not easily affected by his emotions. This was the first time someone asked him to sympathize with Rong Tian.

Rong Hu also told Feng Ming that there was something which he and the others had been thinking about, but did not dare to say to Feng Ming’s face — it was the fact that Feng Ming had the ability to change Rong Tian’s mind, and because of this ability, Rong Hu advised Feng Ming to never take advantage of his control over their king..

If Rong Tian were to make decisions based solely on one person’s whims and desires, then that favoritism would not be beneficial to Xi Lei as a whole. Feng Ming thought about what Rong Hu had said and decided that he would avoid influencing Rong Tian’s decisions in the future. Whatever Rong Tian decides, he will stand beside him in support.

After deciding on this, Feng Ming left to find Rong Tian.

Lie Er was hiding nearby and had been eavesdropping on their conversation. He was very impressed by his brother. Rong Hu told Lie Er that if news of what he said to Feng Ming reached the ears of Rong Tian, then they would be punished even more severely than Mian Ya.

Lie Er suddenly changed topics and asked Rong Hu if on the way here, he had tried to act pitiful in the horse carriage and took advantage of Chiu Lan’s kindness by touching and kissing her.

Rong Hu told Lie Er that if he wasn’t so heavily injured, he would have smacked Lie Er’s behind so hard it would make Yong Yi cry out.

Lie Er replied that Yong Yi had already cried his heart out, believing that his beloved was grieving over Rong Hu’s death. Because of his awful crying face, Yong Yi was currently hiding himself in embarrassment so no one can see him.

Feng Ming was able to see Rong Tian just when the meeting was over. Feng Ming told him that he understood what Rong Tian was going through, and whatever he decides, Feng Ming would always stand beside him to share his burden. However, Rong Tian shouldn’t keep things from him or lie to him.

Rong Tian agreed that he shouldn’t have kept secrets from Feng Ming. The recent information Rong Tian had received concerned Master Xiao’s ship blueprints and a map of sea routes. Master Xiao had agree to hand them over along with 33 of his ships. However, since Feng Ming had the guts to take over the shipping business, he must also prove that he has the talent to become the rightful successor within one year. In order to prove himself, he will need to find a safe route by sea, allowing Xi Lei to transport rare luminescent sand from Dan Lin. If he is able to do so within one year, then Feng Ming would be acknowledged as the rightful successor. If not, then Master Xiao will kill off this useless son of his.

Rong Tian remarked that if they are unsuccessful, then he might as well lock up Feng Ming until Master Xiao dies, because once Xiao Zong has decided to kill someone, he will undoubtedly do so. However, Rong Tian assured Feng Ming that he would die before he allowed that to happen, and Master Xiao would have to step over Rong Tian’s dead body first.

Feng Ming said that he would accept the challenge even though he doesn’t have experience in shipping other than getting kidnapped by Lu Dan on the boat.

After hearing Feng Ming’s determination, they gave each other a long and passionate kiss, which was interrupted by a group of soldiers who came looking for Rong Tian.

The soldiers knew that they had chosen the wrong time to interrupt. One of them pushed Zi Yan forward to inform Rong Tian that preparations had been made to return to the campsite.

Rong Tian and Feng Ming made a bet between them that whoever reaches the campsite last will be at mercy of the other. They both rode to the campsite on horseback, and of course Rong Tian had won.

Later, they both saw that the whole place had been burnt to the ground. Rong Tian found a hairpin and confirmed that it was the same one he had given Mei Ji. When the other troops had arrived, Rong Tian told them to set a burial for the unfortunate charred bodies that were scorched beyond distinction or recognition.

The troops set up camp with Rong Tian and Feng Ming sharing one barrack. At night, Feng Ming woke up to find that Rong Tian was not in bed with him, and so he got up to look for Rong Tian.