The Captivating Crown Prince
chapter-42

42 General Leng’s Hand-made Food (1)

“The meat is ready, Crown Prince please have a taste!” Looking at Huan Mo Che struck-dumb expression, Leng Yu Feng went to the other side of the Prince to sit down. He then took the cooked wild game, using a dagger he cut it into small pieces before handing it over to the Crown Prince.

Huan Mo Che looked at his friend with a concealed anger. They just had a good time, but now it seemed that his wooden-faced friend had started to compete for the position. Huan Mo Che felt that the first thing he needed to guard against in the future was this good friend.

Shang Wu Xin took the meat that had been cut into small pieces and wrapped in a handkerchief. When she saw this man for the first time, she thought that this man was a big clumsy man (2). But after thinking for so long Shang Wu Xin just knew that this man always had unprecedented care towards others.

After eating the meat, even Shang Wu Xin had to admire Leng Yu Feng’s skill. It was really good. The meat not only retained its original flavor but you could also taste the soft juicy part of the meat. It let Shang Wu Xin who originally did not have any appetite to eat a few more pieces.

Leng Yu Feng stared and watched as the Crown Prince tasted a piece, his eyes lifted slightly before he continued to eat a few more pieces. He knew in his heart that the Crown Prince really like to eat his hand-made wild game cooking. He didn’t really learn how to cook wild game at first. However, because he fought all year round in the battlefield, thus he practiced how to cook the wild game meat frequently. Every time he grilled the game meat, the soldiers around him drooled. He didn’t think much of the skill before, but now he thought that it’s good thing to have this skill.

Huan Mo Che looked with jealously. The Crown Prince also liked the fruit that he picked, but as he looked at the Crown Prince who finally ate more, he had to admit in his heart that he needed to thank his friend for it.

It’s at this moment, Wu Ju who just left not too long ago, walked back to the Crown Prince’s side in a hurry, “Crown Prince, something’s not right!” Just now, the Crown Prince had asked her to go around and investigate, but when doing so, she saw something important.

Shang Wu Xin put the meat wrapped in a handkerchief in her hand on to Leng Yu Feng’s hand, she quickly stood up and asked, “Talk!”

Both Leng Yu Feng and Huan Mo Che who sat around him immediately stood up too, even the soldiers who sat relatively close around them felt the Crown Prince’s suffocating aura.

“This servant have found some people at the bottom of the mountain, there’re not just a few, but more importantly the numbers are still increasing!” Wu Ju said while gripping the weapon in her hand. Wu Ju was very clear as to why these people came, but she did not expect them to have so many people. Although they had a lot of people but they’re still a little less compared to the enemy. The most important thing was that they still had not make any preparation yet.

Shang Wu Xin looked at Leng Yu Feng, “Let all the soldiers prepare, and give this Prince a fight!”

Not even a while has passed before all the soldiers stood up, Shang Wu Xin was very satisfied with these soldier’s quality and martial arts, and now Shang Wu Xin also understood why these soldiers were involved in the food delivery. Although she knew clearly in her heart, she did not need to say it out loud.

“There are two roads coming from the bottom of the mountain. If these people want to attack the mountain, we only have these two roads. So now we need to block one of these roads and kill them from the other road.” Leng Yu Feng calmly analyzed, even if there were tens of thousands of people, he would not back down, this was his strength as a general. But that was before, when he had nothing to fear, now he needed to protect one person from harm, so he won’t fight like how he used to.

“Yu Feng, you protect the Crown Prince, I will take some people to stop them!” Huan Mo Che stood there with a rare serious look. The people that resisted the enemy in the back was the most dangerous one. The people in front could rush out and escape, but the people who were blocking in the back would die. Huan Mo Che himself did not know when he was so brave. However he only knew that he could not let the Crown Prince met an accident, even if it’s just a little bit of injury.

Shang Wu Xin looked at the arrangement of the two people in front of her with dissatisfaction, she was the Crown Prince here! But these two people had regarded her as air! But how can the Shang Wu Xin at this time knew that these two people were so nervous that they ignored her because they put her in their heart?

“How long does it take for Wu Wei to arrive?” Just when everyone was still nervous, Shang Wu Xin suddenly asked with a smile.

Wu Ju thought of the Crown Prince’s letter to Wu Wei. At first, she did not understand why the Prince wanted to call Wu Wei, but now she suddenly understood. Wu Ju thought that the Crown Prince was really a godly figure (3). Not only did he long known that someone would intercept them on their way back to the capital, even the timing did not deviate much from what he had calculated.

“He will arrive today in the evening!” Wu Ju said, her heart was finally relieved, if the Crown Prince was hurt while she was serving on his side, she would have no face when she returned to the capital.

Shang Wu Xin nodded, and then said to the crowd, “Since you are all the subordinate of this Prince, then use this as a chance to show your skills to this Prince. This Prince is not a garbage dump and have no need of garbage. Tonight, this battle will let this Prince see if you can become the sharp knife in this Prince’s hand!”

“Will live up to Crown Prince’s expectations!” Thousands of soldiers swore at the same time.

Shang Wu Xin was very satisfied with the collection of the new subordinates, and this was a gift that someone gave to herself.

“Wu Ju, let this Prince see how much you’ve progressed after your training recently!” Shang Wu Xin said to the nervous Wu Ju beside her, but towards the two big animals beside her, Shang Wu Xin did not say anything as the martial arts of these two people need not to be said at all.

Leng Yu Feng ordered He Lan Jin to take people to move a big rock to block the road in the east side, a group of people went down from the road from the south. He Lan Jin who came back at this time incomprehensibly asked, “Crown Prince, why didn’t you wait for them to come up and attack?”

“You want them to surround us? If we let them surround the hill, where will we go? If they set fire to the mountain, how can we get out?” Leng Yu Feng really wanted to kill his own subordinate, asking an idiot question to the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince would misunderstand him as an idiot too.

“They’ve come…” Shang Wu Xin’s white fingers stroke the jade on her waist, her mouth hooked up in a smile, her whole person seemed to change from a cold noble son to a devilish demon.

At the other end of the mountain road, there were rows of black clothed people waiting, and there were more than one faction. Shang Wu Xin raised an eyebrow and understood that this time her good royal brothers had worked together to make sure she slept in this hill forever.

After they saw the enemy, thousands of soldiers immediately moved to surround the Crown Prince, the meaning of protection was self-evident, Leng Yu Feng and Huan Mo Che also moved to guard in front of Shang Wu Xin. Most of the black clothed people were puzzled, they did not think that this straw-bag Crown Prince had this many guards and followers.

“Young Master Huan, General Leng!” The head of the black clothed men said while giving a fisted hand salute(4) and said, “This one only needs the Crown Prince’s head, if Young Master Huan and General Leng leave first, this one will not make it more difficult!” The black clothed person knew of the skills of both Young Master Huan and General Leng, if these two people guarded the Crown Prince today, it would not be easy to eradicate the Crown Prince.

Leng Yu Feng and Huan Mo Che’s face instantly changed, this person was simply ignorant, they wanted to kill the Crown Prince. How could they tolerate it?

When the black clothed man had just finished his speech, a blade with a sharp edged fanned out and attacked him. This move refracted a cold light. The black clothed man wanted to dodge but was hit directly in the chest by the folding fan. In an instant a bloody hole was left behind.

It started with Huan Mo Che and the killing in the mountain began instantly. Leng Yu Feng took out the long sword that he carried with him. This soft sword were usually worn by Leng Yu Feng around the waist just like a belt, but now, you could clearly felt the cold aura of the sword. Even if Shang Wu Xin was not close to Leng Yu Feng, she could still feel the sword’s coldness.

Although the black clothed people who came here were not weak, but these thousands of soldiers were no slouch (5) either, the hardships of the two factions were hard to distinguish.

Although Leng Yu Feng and Huan Mo Che kept killing the enemy, the two were not far from the Crown Prince, but at this moment, Shang Wu Xin moved. She left Leng Yu Feng and Huan Mo Che and flew to Wu Ju’s side.

The strange footwork of Shang Wu Xin was as quick as the wind. She appeared near a group of black clothed man, with an unpredictable movements that were so ethereal, every move was calculated with traces of controlled movements, just like the death god’s dance, once she raised her hands and moved her foot, it was to harvest a life.

At this time, Wu Ju had suffered some injuries. Shang Wu Xin raised her hand and crushed the neck of a black clothed man who nearly killed Wu Ju.

“Bow down!” Wu Ju heard the voice of the Crown Prince and immediately bowed down. Just as Wu Ju bowed her head, a big sword slashed across where Wu Ju’s head was supposed to be. Wu Ju’s heart turned cold, if the Crown Prince did not remind her in time, her head would be gone by now.

Shang Wu Xin faced myriad of swords upon swords. At this time Leng Yu Feng and Huan Mo Che had arrived at the Crown Prince’s side, both of them blinked at the same time, but the blinked at Shang Wu Xin was somewhat puzzled by it. She did not want think much of it and continued to kill.

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T/N note 1:

1. Supposed to be “Game” but I changed it to food to prevent any misunderstanding.

“Game” or “Wild Game” in this context means “Wild Animal’s Meat” that you hunt to get.

2. Google translated it as “Macho Man”. I think the author meant that as LYF is a general, and has been to many battlefield, he would be used to the rough conditions and forgot much etiquette or manners while talking to other nobles. So literally brawns before brains. A man who fight first before using his brains? I guess…?

3. 神机妙算 shén jī miào suàn is an idiom that described a person who is an expert at calculating/predicting/strategizing the outcome of a situation or a problem. e.g. the famous Zhu Ge Liang in the Romance of Three Kingdom series.

4. 抱拳 bào quán. Saluting with both hands….arrrgghhh!! Just google the chinese words and see the image 😉 I’m too lazy to explain…

5. 怂货Sǒng huò anyone knows what this word mean? Google translate it as “dumping goods”… (- _-|||)

T/N trivia:

Yours truly translator, Skilvh, sometimes forgot the names and the roles of the new characters that are mentioned rarely in this story and are too lazy to search for them. When translating half-way through the chapter, only then did she remember who is who, and have to re-read the chapter to correct the mistakes again. My poor memory…TT^TT _ORZ