"Wang Tianbiao (the name of Director Wang), keep on kicking us around with your authority. Open your eyes and have a good look at me? Do you know who I am?" Wu Yang burst into a yell. Unable to hold back his anger any anger, he stepped out of the shade.
Though the Yunzhong Management Administration and the Yunzhong Defence Escorts were different departments, they were both stationed around Yunzhong City. Due to the geographical closeness, their duties inevitably overlapped with one another. Moreover, a modest regional armed force was hardly an equal of the standard imperial troops. Compounded with the fact that Wu Jinhun, Wu Yang's father, was a way higher ranked official than Wang Tianbiao, the latter was merely nobody compared to Wu Jinhun.
By coincidence, the area Wang Tianbiao was in charge of happened to be adjacent to Wu Jinhun's military base. Because of Wu's official title, Wang Tianbiao had been fawned on him times without number. Being a regular visitor to Wu Jinhun's residence, Wang did meet Wu Yang for a few times.
On hearing Wu Yang's abrupt yell, Wang Tianbiao went thunder-struck forthwith. As he turned back to recognize Wu Yang's face, he turned ghostly pale.
"Childe...Childe Wu? Is...is that you?" Wang Tianbiao stammered out of fear and astonishment, appearing pretty hilarious.
"It sounds as if you wished that I hadn't been here," Wu Yang smiled grimly and put on a sophisticated look. Young as he was, he had acquired an air of authority owing to Wandong's influence.
"I...I dare not. I wish if only I could be honored to meet a respectful childe as distinguished as you are. That will bring me loads of blessings, ha..." Wang Tianbiao hastened to respond with a smile which literally looked as if he had cried.
Standing by and waiting to enjoy the youngsters' agony, Master Pi didn't expect the sudden turning point and went slack-jawed immediately. He asked, "Director Wang, who is this visitor..."
Though Wang Tianbiao dared not verbalize his anger, he wished if only he could have f**ked all the female relatives of Master Pi for making him risking his life punishing Wu Yang. "Goddamned Pi Xiong, you might as well amputate me instead!" Wang Tianbiao thought to himself with indignation.
"Master Pi, it shouldn't have mutated into such a distressful misunderstanding. This is Childe Wu, the son of Wu Jinhun, the esteemed general of the Yunzhong Defence Escorts," Wang Tianbiao responded. It was fair to say that remorse had permeated Wang Tianbiao's blood.
"What?" Master Pi said in a shocked tone, with chills going down his back.
Though the Tiezhan Empire had every reason to be swollen with arrogance by virtue of their solid military force, their haughtiness didn't suffice to go as far as overlooking a Qingyun general in charge of 300,000 soldiers. A tiny careless deed may make him end up killed by Wu Jinhun. And it was out of the question that the Tiezhan Empire would declare a war solely for his sake. It might be possible in the future, but it was by no means the optimal time for the Tiezhan Empire to do so at that stage, at least before the Tiandu Kingdom was taken.
Master Pi went for wool but came back shorn, knitting his eyebrows accordingly.
"Heh...It turns out to be Childe Wu. I do apologize for my blindness that I failed to recognize you in the beginning. Well, what do you say we just pretend nothing had happened between us? And I shall offer you a 20 percent discount on any item you take to," Master Pi hastened to say.
He was rather decisive to have made such an appealing offer. It was worth noting that all the treasures in the Tianbao Mansion were worth over ten thousand kilos of gold. In that case, a 20 percent discount was no different than giving Wu Yang gold weighing thousands of kilos as a present.
However, Master Pi didn't give Wu Yang the offer on a spur of the moment. Their items, with a 20 percent discount, were still exorbitant for Wu Jinhun. Given that he was known as a general free from corruption, he would definitely bulk at the high price. In that case, Wu Yang could only end up picking low-priced items, which wouldn't incur that much financial loss for the Tianbao Mansion. Having been in charge of the huge branch for years, Wu Yang wouldn't have been able to rake in abundant wealth for the Tiezhan Empire without delicate maneuvers.
"It's such a great eye-opener for me! If it were a commoner, you would amputate him as a punishment for causing troubles. However, being a son of a general, he's entitled to compensation. The Tiezhan style is terribly amazing!" Wandong let out a sarcastic remark on seeing this.