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Inside the royal tent, Lu Xiao waited a moment, and seeing Miluo Xi and Bagu Lun return at the same time, he asked with a smile:

"Well? Have you two reached an agreement?"

"Lord Champion, it is not that my Northern Hu cannot express our submission to the Great Zhou. I am willing to make a trip to your capital, but could you allow me to go alone?"

"My king has been frail and delicate since childhood. The journey from here to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty is thousands of miles long and arduous. If anything were to happen to him..."

At first, Milosi, who was standing next to him, was puzzled. She had always been exceptionally healthy since childhood, so why would Bakulun say such a thing?

However, after receiving a signal from the other party, he quickly coughed a few times in cooperation:

"The Celestial Wizard is right; I indeed cannot undertake long journeys!"

"Heh, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the royal tent instantly froze.

Seeing that he was about to get angry, Bagu Lun quickly tried to calm him down:

"Lord Champion, it's not that my king doesn't want to go, but that he can't!"

"What if we're on the way..."

"Alright, alright."

Lu Xiao knew what they were planning and what they were worried about, so he didn't want to listen to their nonsense and waved his hand to interrupt them:

"Isn't your concern that once you arrive in the capital of my Great Zhou Dynasty, you'll be placed under house arrest and unable to escape?"

"Hehe, my Great Zhou is not like you Northern Hu, who only know how to go back on your word."

He clasped his hands in a gesture of respect towards the direction of the Great Zhou capital:

"My emperor always keeps his word and never takes back what he says. The reason for inviting you to the capital is to see what your Northern Hu king looks like and to discuss the possibility of peaceful coexistence between the two sides in the future."

"What you say makes sense, my lord. However, I have heard that almost everyone in your country, from high-ranking officials to commoners, harbors great resentment towards my Northern Hu. If..."

"It seems you haven't understood what I mean!"

Seeing their constant procrastination, Lu Xiao grew impatient and said coldly:

"Think carefully: when have any countries that have historically been on friendly terms with our Great Zhou ever been betrayed or abandoned by us?"

"Over the decades, many nobles from other countries have come to pay homage to our Great Zhou capital. When have we ever heard of them being placed under house arrest or murdered?"

"Bagu Lun, my Emperor is a righteous gentleman and would never be as easily swayed by promises as you!"

"What His Majesty has promised, we will fulfill, no matter how difficult!"

After saying that, he patted his chest heavily and made a solemn promise:

"Furthermore, it was I who brought you two to the capital of my Great Zhou Dynasty. If anything happens to you during this time, I will take full responsibility!"

"Anyone who dares to touch you, I will take their head!"

Upon hearing this, Miluoxi and Bagulun breathed a sigh of relief and quickly expressed that if it were really possible, they would not mind making a trip to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Lu Xiao had no patience to wait any longer, so he stood up and said:

"Let's not delay, let's set off now!"

"You two should first return to the White Wolf Camp with me. I will give you some instructions before you come with me to the capital."

Upon hearing this, Milosi and Bagulun rose with melancholy expressions, nodding to indicate that they would begin preparing to depart.

As Lu Xiao reached the entrance of the royal tent, Milosi stepped forward, grabbed his sleeve, and gave him a fawning smile:

"Champion Marquis, I... I believe in your word, but I was born and raised on the grasslands and have never been far from home. I will have to trouble you to take good care of me on the journey ahead."

As he spoke, he shoved a small box filled with gold, silver, and jade artifacts into Lu Xiao's arms, his face beaming with joy:

"This is just a small token of my appreciation; I hope that Your Excellency will put in a good word for me with Emperor Zhou!"

"Heh, you know how to handle people."

Lu Xiao smiled and casually accepted the box of treasure.

"Don't worry about it!"

"As long as you have no ulterior motives, this trip to Zhou will be perfectly safe!"

……

Although they did not linger at the Northern Hu royal court, it was already April when Lu Xiao returned to the White Wolf camp with Miluo Xi, Bagu Lun, and the others.

At the entrance of the camp, Long Gui, Luo Yang, Zhou Daxing, and others eagerly awaited his return. Upon seeing him, they immediately clasped their hands in a salute.

"We respectfully welcome Your Excellency back to camp!"

"My brothers, there's no need for such formalities!"

Lu Xiao smiled and returned the greeting, then turned to the side and said:

"These two are the King of the Northern Hu and the Tongtian Witch. They will soon be accompanying me to the capital. They will be resting in the camp for the next two days."

"Let's settle them in first before we talk about anything else."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded silently, understanding that he didn't want the two of them to know some things about them.

About half an hour later, everyone gathered at the watchtower.

Lu Xiao looked at Long Gui first:

"Brother Long, has the selection of a new magistrate for Bai County been finalized?"

After careful consideration, he decided to take Fan Changxin with him.

Now, the Fan family's investment in Bai County has yielded huge returns. When Fan Changxin learned that Lu Xiao was going south, he almost didn't hesitate to ask the court for permission to resign so that he could go with Lu Xiao.

However, Lu Xiao rejected the idea, asking his brother-in-law to wait for a while.

At this moment, Lu Xiao asked Long Gui this question because the imperial court had already issued a transfer order to Fan Changxin, but he was to follow Lu Xiao and act as he saw fit, and then see how to arrange things when they arrived in Yun County in the south.

As for the Fan family's business here, the brother and sister have already found a successor, so it doesn't matter whether they are here or not.

Upon hearing this, Long Gui nodded slightly:

"The imperial court has appointed a new magistrate, who will take office in a couple of days!"

"Moreover, that new magistrate is quite to my liking!"

Lu Xiao was relieved, and after regaining his senses, he smiled and said:

"In that case, I can rest assured."

"Brother Long, although the Hu King and the Tongtian Witch are traveling with me this time, intending to accompany me to the capital to express our submission to the Great Zhou in front of the Emperor, the Northern Hu are not a monolithic entity."

"Many of their tribes never obeyed the royal family's rules, so even after we left, Brother Long still had to lead troops to wipe out the nearby barbarian tribes from time to time."

"If they are willing to submit, they can be forgiven but not treated leniently."

Upon hearing this, Long Gui immediately showed an expression of understanding and thanked him for the reminder.

Actually, when he saw Miluoxi and Bagulun, he had already thought about how to deal with the Hu people. Now, with Lu Xiao's reminder, he knows what to do.

Over the next period of time, Lu Xiao gave instructions to Zhou Daxing, Gao Hong, Zhong Wei, and other people he had known since his humble beginnings. Then he called Fang Dahu and asked him to come with him to the capital.

Nowadays, he intends to train Fang Dahu as his personal bodyguard.

After all, they came from the same village.

On the eighth day of the fourth month, after arranging matters at the White Wolf Camp and in Bai County, Lu Xiao, along with the Fan siblings, the four playboys, Fang Dahu, and others, took Miluoxi and Bagulun to the capital.