Chapter 256: Friends Of Shang Jin

Only the teenage boy stepped forward and he was much taller than Si Ning so he bent to make sure their forehead touched, a very confusing gesture but Si Ning didn’t move realising it might be their way of greeting so he hopped he doesn’t have to do that with everybody if not he was going to end up with a sore forehead at the end of the day, the teenage boy placed his hands on Si Ning’s ears lightly like a caress before stepping back.

"I welcome you friends of Shang Jin to our home, I am O San Mi the Chief of the Yang tribe and this is my daughter O Min Ji." The teenage boy said.

Eh?

Ehnnnnnnn?

Just then the teenage girl and the rest standing all except O San Mi cupped their hands and bowed to them then Si Ning was a bit relieved he and his men were welcomed but he and his men couldn’t hide their shock that the teenage boy in front of them just called a girl that looked as old as him his daughter, they were not even shocked that the mountain called Yin mountain had a tribe called Yang living on it.

All Si Ning’s men returned their greeting by bowing only Si Ning stood there trying to see a sign that indicates that the teenage boy before him wasn’t a teenager but he couldn’t see any sign no matter how much he stared so he dismissed it that chief O San Mi might have adopted O Min Ji so he finally diverted his gaze.

"I get that look every time for the one time I took my daughter down the mountain." O San Mi smiled like he was reminiscing that time. "I produced O Min Ji when I was nineteen and she is sixteen." He explained as he turned to smile at Si Ning, with eyebrows raised like he was waiting for a reply.

"That is nice." Si Ning said because he had no idea how to reply then he returned to trying to see any sign of the man before him being old a bit then he finally saw it, the wise eyes with the corners crinkled when he smiled but it was such a nice way to grow without looking old.

"These are the elders of our tribe, my advisors and this is my grandmother then my personal guard and the guards." O San Mi introduced the rest of the people standing by their titles.

"This is Jiang ChenMu my my my..." Si Ning had no idea how to introduce Jiang ChenMu, he doesn’t want to call him his sister’s fiance nor does he want to introduce him as the captain. "My right-hand man and my guards." He said holding in as much information to himself because he doesn’t trust the Yang tribe even though their chief looks friendly, their giant appearances looked fierce but surprising they seemed harmless.

Jiang ChenMu that heard Si Ning introduced him as the right-hand man smiled widely grinning from ear to ear to show how happy he was to be acknowledged with an important title.

O San Mi also smiled with an expression that shows that he understood the reason for Si Ning’s vague introductions. "Come let us all eat good food suri man, I heard they call you General and I can see that your hairstyle is a common hairstyle among us and I know you are a good person suri man." O San Mi said as he lead Si Ning and his companions to the open space behind his building to sit.

From the look of things, Si Ning could see the open space as some gathering area because of the way the rocks were placed around leaving the middle so he took his seat just opposite where O San Mi sat, Jiang ChenMu also took his seat behind Si Ning but Xiao Pei and Yi Chen remained standing which also made the rest that followed Si Ning to stand but the people O San Mi walked with already took their seats even the fierce looking men that seemed like guards but only O San Mi and O Min Ji at the front and for that Si Ning could see that O Min Ji might be in training to be the next chief of the Yang tribe.

"Which General are you?" O San Mi asked, curiously written all over his face.

"General Ning of Xiu." Si Ning replied purposely keeping out his family name. He had always been the most powerful person in the room or one of the most powerful people in the room but now he had no idea how to talk because his men’s lives now depends on what he says and also on the Yang people so for once he found himself in a position that he would have to lower himself and act like the fox in the room and not the elephant.

"Good Nation, I go sometimes to get things for our home once in six moon cycle, my people can’t grow here so we survive by by by..." O San Mi looked confused as he turned to Shang Jin sitting behind him. "Shang Jin what do we call what we do?" He asked.

"Looting." Shang Jin replied.

"Yes." O San Mi clicked a finger to show that Shang Jin just reminded him of the right word. "We survive by looting, according to the past rocks and stones of my people, we do not always be here until our ancestors were driven out when a tribe called Chang chase no no." He shook his head. "It is drove, yes! they drove us out so we escaped to the mountains and live here ever since and we do the woooooo thing." He demonstrated with his hands and mouth to show that they do blow in a type of instrument to make the sound.

"The instrument." Si Ning said trying to picture what it looked like from O San Mi’s demonstration.

"Oh yes like horn, to stop enemies from coming, It says in the rocks and stones it was an idea passed to us from the number one Emperor of Xiu so that makes us friends because that woooo protected us for years but now it is time for us to move." O San Mi reached into his thick lapel and brought out an iron plate and gave it to Si Ning.

Si Ning wondered if O San Mi meant the first Emperor of Xiu as he turned the spherical shaped metal over and saw the dragon’s emblem, it was indeed a command plate of Xiu but it was made up of heavy metal and wasn’t shiny nor was it gold, it seemed and felt old. "A command plate." He stated with the hope he was right.

O San Mi nodded. "The number one Emperor of Xiu left it with us but as the years go on, we can’t use it anymore to gain entrance to Xiu to get things to eat, so we all trained to understand your words by Shang Jin and we use that to gain entrance yes.. access by giving a man at the gate something, Shang Ji called it....?"

"Bribe." Shang Ji replied.

"Yes bride him." O San Mi nodded. "He is a friend of ours over the years and now that a General of Xiu appeared and I want to beg you that we are going on extinction so I am desperate." He stood up and fell to his knees. His accompanies also followed except Shang Jin. "Please anything you can do I want you to help us settle in Xiu General Si Ning, the Empress of Xiu." He said that and kowtowed.

Si Ning’s eyes widened, he had no idea they knew his identity and he could see shock written all over Shang Jin’s face as he also jumped to kowtow. "I...." He had no idea what to say, it was something he could make happen with a click of his fingers but Xiu was already in a dire situation so they might not have the facilities to accommodate the people of the Yang tribe.

"We are good gentle people, the fight on the mountain should be put past us, it is our mistake, please forgive us and we will give you anything you want as long as you help us, we do not have anything that Your Majesty may like but we have fighting men who will die for you as an apology for the harm we caused you, we never know that the Empress of the Nation of our saviour can come by." O San Mi said still not raising his head.

"I will help, all I need from the chief O San Mi is for my men to be treated and fighting men to replace the ones I lost." Si Ning said after a while. "Please stand up."

"Done." O San Mi said and stood up and he moved forward bending to hug Si Ning.

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