Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 511 Zhongshan Kingdom

Witch, this is also a very old word for Xizel. The long-lost memories that he didn't want to recall overflowed from the depths of his heart, tormenting him. Xizel remembered that his mother was executed in the name of a witch.

"…What should we do next?" asked Cesar.

Compared to the memories that were constantly tormenting him in his heart, the inexplicable resentment as if an important person had been taken away from him flowed in from all directions, almost making it difficult for him to breathe... even though his body was now controlled by someone else.

Completely opposite to him, Lu Mingfei looked unusually calm, and even wanted to laugh: "Don't worry, Xizel, just get some sleep and you'll be fine."

"Sleep?" Xizel was stunned. He had dealt with witches before, but he had never heard that sleeping was the way to deal with witches.

"Yes, sleep." Lu Mingfei said softly, finishing washing up. "It just so happens that I have a lot of things I want to ask her."

Lying on the not-so-spacious but tidy bed, Lu Mingfei said goodnight to Xizel: "Goodnight, Xizel, have a good dream."

"I think I won't have a good dream with you around." Xizel said softly.

There was no response, and the devil-like being fell asleep so quickly. After gently moving his fingers, Xizel was surprised to find that he had regained control of his body.

……

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes. The plain white ancient clothes exuded a light scent. In front of him was a woman with white hair and skin as white as snow. Lu Mingfei was a little surprised that the first person he saw after opening his eyes was not the little witch.

"It's you." He said softly, sitting up from the monotonous white mental cage.

"What's with that disappointed look in your eyes?" Izanami sighed, "I spent a lot of effort to wake you up."

"Wake up?" Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows. "Haven't I been awake all the time?"

Izanami was stunned for a moment, then paused and said, "Why don't you open your eyes and take a look? Those people outside are tossing you around, almost stripping you naked."

Lu Mingfei was also stunned for a moment, and his consciousness immediately left the spiritual space. When he opened his eyes again, in front of him was an old man with a beautiful goatee, winking at him.

Before he could ask who the other person was, the old man asked excitedly: "Young Master, you are finally awake!"

The old man spoke Chinese and looked Asian, but he was wearing a Western-style suit. His goatee, which was suitable for his age but did not match the suit, made him look a bit out of place.

"Who are you? Where am I?" Lu Mingfei looked around.

He was now in a small wooden cabin that was shaking, like a carriage or something. He clenched his fist, and his powerful physical strength could smash any mobile armor into scrap metal with one punch.

Although he didn't know what happened, he seemed to have returned to his original body.

"Young Master, don't be nervous. I am Ye Suli, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zhongshan State." The old man said his name and identity. "I was on my way back to the capital when I saw you fainted on the roadside."

He looked at Lu Mingfei, or more specifically, his clothes: "And because your clothes are a little special in the East, I took you back to the convoy out of curiosity."

"Zhongshan Kingdom?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused.

As for the dress code, he changed his clothes for the last time at the Kuroishi Residence. Since he was going to Tokyo to meet the Uesugi sisters, he couldn't dress casually. Fortunately, Jude Mai had prepared enough formal clothes for him.

What he was wearing at the moment was an exquisite Western-style suit.

Xizel said that the world was in a state of serious hostility between the East and the West, especially after the outbreak of the Ceylon War. It was indeed special for someone like Lu Mingfei to appear in the East wearing a Western-style dress.

Although the person opposite him, Ye Suli, who claimed to be the Foreign Minister of an Eastern country, was dressed similarly.

There was no doubt that Lu Mingfei was still in the world behind the door, but as to why he didn't wake up in Marston, he needed to study it further. The focus at the moment was to figure out where he was now.

"Zhongshan State is located on the border between the East and the West. It is not a big country, nor is it a famous country. It is not surprising that you don't know about it, young master." Ye Suli said.

In fact, he lied. Zhongshan State was indeed not big, but it was also well-known among the Eastern countries. Because the ruler and princess of this country were famous for being...barbaric in the Eastern countries.

There was indeed no mention of Zhongshan Kingdom in what Xizel and Lu Mingfei talked about. It seems that this country is indeed not very famous, at least in the West.

Lu Mingfei sat up from the carriage, and Ye Suli poured him a cup of tea: "Young Master, you look like you are in trouble, but what's the problem?"

It's not surprising for most people to ask this question when they see someone unconscious on the side of the road. However, Ye Suli saw with her own eyes how Lu Mingfei appeared... He fell from the sky!

On the way back to Zhongshan State by the convoy, Ye Suli, who habitually did divination, was stunned, because today's divination showed that it would be better for him to take another route back to the capital of Zhongshan State.

Although he likes to tell fortunes for others, Ye Suli also understands that the hexagrams cannot be completely trusted. He himself and many people he has told fortunes for do not believe in them. However, he cannot completely disbelieve them.

This was a very strange feeling, like a hint from heaven. So Ye Suli decided to follow the hexagram and take another route back to the capital.

It was on this road that he met Lu Mingfei who fell from the sky.

At that time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and thick lightning snakes flashed in the dark clouds. Ye Suli had lived for so many years, and this was the first time he had seen such a fierce thunderstorm. The attendants all tried to persuade him to take another route back, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs stubbornly chose this way.

Because he had seen that there seemed to be someone in the clouds surrounded by fierce thunder. When the thunderstorm dissipated and a person fell from the sky, the servants realized his deep meaning. When the carriage rushed to the place where the person fell, everyone was surprised to find that the person had made a big hole on the ground, but he himself was unharmed, and even his clothes were not much torn, just a little dirty.

You know, at such a height, even if the most elite Seraphic Cavalry in the West fell down, the knights among them would probably be smashed into meat patties.

Some people subconsciously wanted to kneel down and shout "Goddess!", who could fight the thunderstorm in the clouds and survive after falling from such a great height. He had an oriental face, delicate and handsome. If this wasn't the Goddess in the legend, then what else could he be?
It was just a little strange that the celestial beings in the Eastern legends wore elegant ancient clothes and looked like immortals. But why did the "celestial being" in front of him have short hair and dress so similar to those nobles in the West?
Ye Suli understood that as Western mechanical technology became more and more powerful, many jealous Eastern nobles sent their children to the West to study. But how could Westerners release such a technology that almost changed the world?

Those young men and women who were sent to the West were either unable to access mechanical technology or were detained, and the nobles' efforts were almost in vain.

After the outbreak in Ceylon, this trend gradually disappeared. The cause of the war was that the princess of Ceylon was on a diplomatic mission to the New Roman Empire. A large amount of red mercury was found in Ceylon, and the Ceylonese made a lot of money from Westerners through this.

But New Rome was more willing to keep the red mercury for itself, so it detained the Princess of Ceylon, and the greatest conflict between the East and the West broke out.

The natural outcome was that the capital of Ceylon was captured, almost all Ceylonese men were killed in the battle, and the girls were abducted by Westerners as trophies based on their appearance.

This let the Eastern nobles know that Westerners don't care whether you come to do business or not. Why would they spend money to buy something that they can rob? The Princess of Ceylon went to New Rome with the intention of acquiring mechanical technology.

The Eastern nobles gave up their plans to learn mechanical technology. The tragedy in Ceylon taught them that their own wealth would also attract covetous people.

Lu Mingfei, who was dressed in a Western style but had an oriental face, made Ye Suli subconsciously think that he might be a young man sent by an oriental noble to study in the West. He was too familiar with this outfit, he was also like this, and the king he served was even more so.

But what kind of noble son could be struck by lightning in the sky and still be fine after falling from such a high place? In the martial arts novels, even those martial arts masters who tore apart the Western iron golems with their bare hands couldn't do it, right?
Ye Suli also understood that this matter was probably not something he could handle alone. So he wrote a letter and ordered the most agile guard in the caravan to ride the fastest horse back to the capital and report the matter to the king immediately.

After bringing this "celestial being" back to his carriage, he stayed by its side without leaving, fearing that he would wake up if he was away for a while and miss some important news.

“…I guess so for now.” Lu Mingfei said.

Normally, Ruo Dun should be beside him now. They entered the door together and should have landed in the same place. But just like his consciousness inexplicably woke up from Xizel first, Ruo Dun also inexplicably separated from him in the process of passing through the door.

Ye Suli observed Lu Mingfei's expression. He did not show the panic of waking up to find himself in a strange place, nor did he show the indifference of a celestial being towards mortals... although celestial beings' attitude towards mortals was not necessarily cold.

Anyway, he couldn't tell anything from Lu Mingfei's expression, he could only tell that the person in front of him was indeed not an ordinary person.

"What are your plans next, sir?" Ye Suli asked softly.

The titles have also changed. The difference of only one character between "young master" and "young master" makes a world of difference between these two titles in the East.

"There is indeed something to do." Lu Mingfei replied.

Ye Suli's heart skipped a beat. The worst possible thing had happened. The celestial being woke up and flew away without saying anything.

He racked his brains to keep the person in front of him, even if it was later proved that he was not a god, but his physique that could withstand thunder and fall into a big hole made him a respectable warrior no matter in the East or the West.

Not to mention the distant past, wouldn't the princess of the king, who was unable to fight in the east, have a place to stay? What kind of woman would not love such a warrior?
Lu Mingfei glanced at the old man in front of him who looked embarrassed and wondered what he was thinking: "If you have something to say, just say it. I really hate those beating around the bush."

Ye Suli was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "I am confused. I wonder what your next plan is? I can't provide much help, but I still have a horse, dry food and water."

Like the other world, the climate on the east and west borders of the world behind the door is bad, dry and with little rain, and water resources are extremely precious. It is very difficult for ordinary people to walk out of the desert alone.

Of course, the person in front of him might not be an ordinary person.

"Let's go to Marston first and find someone," Lu Mingfei said.

Although he was back in his own body, Xizel was also very important. Why did he wake up in his body? Why did he feel so familiar with him?
...Also, according to the information of Type-Zero and Fire Angel, he should have been the commander of the Black Legion. Why is he so down and out now?

"Marston?" Ye Suli was stunned for a moment, "But they are preparing for a war there."

"Fighting a war?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused. When he was on Caesar's body, Marston was peaceful and didn't look like he was going to experience a war.

As a country located on the border between the East and the West, Ye Suli is no stranger to Marston. This neutral country has achieved considerable success after independence and is often a role model for other small countries located between the East and the West.

But is it truly neutral?
Throughout history, so-called neutral countries have either been attacked by both sides or sided with the other side at some point. A country like Marston looks prosperous, but it doesn't even have a decent mobile armored knights.

Everyone would like to take advantage of such a soft persimmon, let alone the Papal States, which wants to take both the East and the West into its pocket.

Ye Suli had discussed this with the King of Zhongshan and confirmed that Marston's independence was fake, and that his real intention was to do something for the Papal States in the name of independence.

As expected, not long ago, Emperor Xia was furious because a spy reported that Marston was secretly building a railway that would connect the East and the West and send Western mobile armor and mechanical equipment to the East.

Once this railway was built, the West was confident that it would be able to conquer the East within fifty years. How could Emperor Xia tolerate such a thing? He ordered the Duke of the Empire to dispatch troops to destroy the railway and give the Westerners a hard slap in the face.

As an ally of Xia, Zhongshan was also ordered to assist Xia's army in the battle. The king would lead his personal guards and charge towards the Papal States together with Xia's army.

However, the transfer order came down early, and the king had already made preparations, but the army of Xia Kingdom was still not coming. The Duke of the Empire did not show up on time, contrary to his usual behavior, but only ordered everyone to wait in place, which made the King of Zhongshan feel a little puzzled.

At the same time, the actions of the Papal States were also affected. Otherwise, the Papal States's scorching iron cavalry, which was so powerful that it shook the world, might have already reached the outskirts of Marston.

(End of this chapter)