Royal Gold Magistrate

Gets along well with others? Your damn mouth has hurt countless people without even trying!

Chen Hong’s face was bitter as he hesitated, “You can take them, but you have to tell me where you’re going.”

Fang Zheng was getting impatient.

Why was this old man talking so much? Did he think he was going to commit arson and murder with the foreign guests?

“Just eating, drinking tea, and chatting, nothing more!”

“Swear it!”

“Sigh… I swear, are we done here?”

Chen Hong gave an awkward smile: “Come on, I’ll take you.”

“Wait! You need to arrange an interpreter for me first, I don’t understand the Northern Rong language!”

Chen Hong lowered his head in thought, then smiled.

Right, getting an interpreter to watch him would be much safer.

He ran to the door and shouted twice: “Lu Fa! Lu Fa! Are you there? Come quickly!”

Fang Zheng stroked his chin, feeling somewhat impressed.

Tsk, the Court of Diplomatic Receptions had someone with the same name as Lu Fa. Perhaps everyone named Lu Fa was good at foreign languages?

Soon, a familiar figure appeared in Fang Zheng’s line of sight.

Fang Zheng’s face immediately fell!

Damn it! It was actually his own Lu Fa! How dare this bastard come work at the Court of Diplomatic Receptions without reporting to him!

Lu Fa ran up to Chen Hong before seeing Fang Zheng. His eyes went wide, and he nearly dropped to his knees.

His lips were trembling, about to speak, when Chen Hong pulled him into the courtyard.

Under a tree in the courtyard.

Chen Hong kept talking while Lu Fa hung his head like he was at a funeral.

“Lu Fa, listen carefully, that lord inside is the Grand Tutor.”

“Though he’s the Grand Tutor, he’s basically a hooligan. When you accompany him with the envoy later, help me keep an eye on him, don’t let anything go wrong!”

“This is your chance! You must watch him carefully! I brought you to the Court of Diplomatic Receptions because I saw your talent for learning. Do you want to go back to being an ordinary citizen living a mediocre life?”

“If you handle this well, I’ll let you stay on as an official interpreter at the Court of Diplomatic Receptions!”

“It doesn’t matter that you don’t have a degree, I at least have that much authority!”

“Do you understand? Say something!”

Lu Fa let out a long sigh and nodded dejectedly.

The next second, Chen Hong pressed two taels of silver into Lu Fa’s hand.

“Take these two taels. Complete the task and I’ll reward you with two more when you return.”

Lu Fa’s face immediately crumpled.

To hell with your two taels of silver! It would just be uncomfortable in my shoe!

Chen Hong felt completely reassured now after his combination of threats and bribes. This should work.

This Lu Fa was just a common citizen. He’d found him learning foreign languages outside the Court of Diplomatic Receptions and brought him in because of his exceptional talent.

Regular interpreters would definitely be too afraid of Fang Zheng’s influence to say much.

But Lu Fa was different – a man will die for wealth as a bird will die for food!

With the chance to become an official interpreter, wouldn’t he work his hardest for me?

“Come, follow me inside!”

With that, Chen Hong brought Lu Fa back into the room.

Fang Zheng sat in his chair, his face dark as water.

When Lu Fa entered, he stared straight at him.

Lu Fa was trembling with fear, not daring to meet his gaze.

He shakily walked up to Fang Zheng and said softly, “Greetings, Master.”

“What Master? Call him Lord Fang! How rude!” Chen Hong quickly corrected, then turned to smile at Fang Zheng, “Lord Fang, this is our Court’s interpreter, named Lu Fa. He’ll accompany you later.”

Fang Zheng cupped his hands: “Thank you, Lord Chen. I need to trouble you to step outside, I have something to discuss with him privately.”

Chen Hong was taken aback: “Why?”

“Nothing special, just that being often with the Crown Prince, I need to understand any strangers around me first. Please understand!”

Chen Hong had a sudden realization: “Ah, I see. Then you two talk, I’ll wait outside!”

As he left, he gave Lu Fa a meaningful look.

After Chen Hong closed the door, Lu Fa dropped to his knees with a thud, crying out pitifully: “Master, I was wrong!!!”

Fang Zheng stared at Lu Fa prostrating himself on the ground and spoke slowly: “Are we… starving you at the manor? You’re taking outside work! And how did you get into the Court of Diplomatic Receptions?!”

Lu Fa gave a bitter laugh: “Master, this really isn’t my fault!”

“Since Banshan District was smearing the Northern Rong, I thought you might need to deal with them, so I decided to learn their language.”

“Without a teacher, I could only hang around outside the Court of Diplomatic Receptions to catch people… After getting familiar with the interpreters inside, Chen Hong brought me in.”

“They’re quite short-staffed here!”

“Master, I really was just learning the language!!!”

I see, that’s actually reasonable.

“I was wondering why I hardly saw you around lately!” Fang Zheng’s expression showed relief: “How long have you been learning to already work as an interpreter?”

“About a month, I think.” Lu Fa calculated briefly.

One month… to master a language.

Fang Zheng’s heart began to sour.

He’d studied English for over ten years and only remembered “How are you.”

You master a foreign language in one month… I really @#$%&!

“Alright, get up. What have you been doing at the Court lately? Have you met the Northern Rong envoy?”

Lu Fa thought carefully and said: “Haven’t met them, Chen Hong receives them personally.”

“I’ve been teaching foreign languages to other interpreters.”

“What? Other interpreters need you to teach them?!”

Lu Fa pondered: “Not exactly. I was training cats in the courtyard, and they thought I knew cat language and insisted on learning from me.”

“Cat language?” Fang Zheng’s expression was strange, “There’s a cat language? How do you speak cat?”

“Meow.”

“…Alright, shut your mouth. Now let’s go to the Diplomatic Guesthouse!”

…….

When the three arrived at the Diplomatic Guesthouse, at the envoy’s door Chen Hong warned again: “Lord Fang, Northern Rong customs differ from Great Jing’s. Please avoid any conflicts. If there are any issues, just come find me.”

Fang Zheng nodded, and Chen Hong knocked on the door.

Soon, the door opened.

A dark curtain blocked the doorway.

Fang Zheng blinked and slowly looked up…

A giant stood in the doorway, bending down to observe him, with eyes like bronze bells!

His features were rugged and fierce, filling almost half the doorframe!

Fang Zheng felt his heart skip a beat and couldn’t help taking a step back. Lu Fa did the same.

Holy crap! What is this? Did Shaquille O’Neal reincarnate too?

Damn, while the build was like Shaq’s, that face… was terrifying, like an evil spirit!

Chen Hong saw Fang Zheng’s reaction and couldn’t help but smile. When this giant first appeared at the Court of Diplomatic Receptions, he had given everyone quite a shock.

Such an astounding physique and appearance was truly frightening.

“Lord Fang, this man is named Black Mountain Chilie! Inside is another person, the National Preceptor Paba.”

“The Northern Rong envoy is led by National Preceptor Paba.”

Black Mountain Chilie frowned, watching the three people below whispering, and couldn’t help but call out behind him.

Soon after, a bald head slowly appeared behind him……..