Fei Lak's Audience Hall - Shanggu

[Phailak]

At first the guards had scowls at the insult, then they seemed to think better of it, finally they just decided they just didn't want to deal with all of it. They looked the man over and decided he woud be no danger and just escorted him to the hall. They kept their eye on him though.

Pass the double doors, Lak was discussing reports with Ma Dieu as they often did.

"Welcome to Shanggu."

Lak stopped as he thought he notice the man seemed upset.

"Can I help you?" The Prefect's words sounded hesitant, like those of a child speaking to an angry father but they did not know what they had done wrong.

"You mind if i take a seat" He said as every step he took caused him to shake in agony and pain, "I am Liu Fang, i come from Luoyang and have been a tacticians aid for many years now, my master has died and it is time for me to move on i believe..." As he said he slowly took his seat whilst gasping for breathe between each word...

"Of course you may. I am sorry to hear about your Lord, did I perhaps know him? How may I be of assistance?"

Lak seemed worried at the man's obvious advanced age and difficulty breathing.

[phoenixofdiscordia]

At first the guards had scowls at the insult, then they seemed to think better of it, finally they just decided they just didn't want to deal with all of it. They looked the man over and decided he woud be no danger and just escorted him to the hall. They kept their eye on him though.

Pass the double doors, Lak was discussing reports with Ma Dieu as they often did.

"Welcome to Shanggu."

Lak stopped as he thought he notice the man seemed upset.

"Can I help you?" The Prefect's words sounded hesitant, like those of a child speaking to an angry father but they did not know what they had done wrong.

The man's demeanour changed somewhat when Fei Lak spoke. The smirk returned, and he bowed in a way that made a mockery of the gesture.

"Ah, Great Lord Fei Lak! Master of Shanggu! Thank you greatly, for your generous welcome! However, you must train your dogs to mind their manners in the presence of their betters! Men of their type are always a hindrance!"

He a shot a scowl back towards the guards before he produced the letter again.

"Now, for the reason I came. It was you, who authored this letter? No need to answer, I know it was. It is no forgery."

He tore the letter to pieces and scattered the pieces into the air.

"This isn't worth my spit! I can see that you are indeed in need of men of my caliber!"

Suddenly, he let out a laugh of pure mirth. The smirk was replaced with a more natural smile.

"I think you will be satisfied with my services. But, of course, if I have offended you, then there are others who would gladly make use of me. Even in death, I'd have omeone asking for my service!"

He laugghed again, and awaited a response.

[Liu Kang]

At first the guards had scowls at the insult, then they seemed to think better of it, finally they just decided they just didn't want to deal with all of it. They looked the man over and decided he woud be no danger and just escorted him to the hall. They kept their eye on him though.

Pass the double doors, Lak was discussing reports with Ma Dieu as they often did.

"Welcome to Shanggu."

Lak stopped as he thought he notice the man seemed upset.

"Can I help you?" The Prefect's words sounded hesitant, like those of a child speaking to an angry father but they did not know what they had done wrong.

"You mind if i take a seat" He said as every step he took caused him to shake in agony and pain, "I am Liu Fang, i come from Luoyang and have been a tacticians aid for many years now, my master has died and it is time for me to move on i believe..." As he said he slowly took his seat whilst gasping for breathe between each word...

"Of course you may. I am sorry to hear about your Lord, did I perhaps know him? How may I be of assistance?"

Lak seemed worried at the man's obvious advanced age and difficulty breathing.

"You are too kind to me. I fear that i will be removed from history soon, i am unworthy of kindness and ask that you do not share it with me and instead provide me what you would an average citizen Lord Fei Lak..." After finishing he clenched onto his chest as hard as he could attempting to keep his weak old heart moving, "I have come hearing of a young man i once new being deceased now, you may have heard of a Liu Kang, we bore the same family name and i once taught him an old village not far from here, he visited me before his death and told me of your wonders..." By then he had moved his hands to his knees as he sat like a wounded man... "If his words were true, that you are indeed his uncle, a great man then i have come to the correct place..."

[Phailak]

The man's demeanour changed somewhat when Fei Lak spoke. The smirk returned, and he bowed in a way that made a mockery of the gesture.

"Ah, Great Lord Fei Lak! Master of Shanggu! Thank you greatly, for your generous welcome! However, you must train your dogs to mind their manners in the presence of their betters! Men of their type are always a hindrance!"

He a shot a scowl back towards the guards before he produced the letter again.

"Now, for the reason I came. It was you, who authored this letter? No need to answer, I know it was. It is no forgery."

He tore the letter to pieces and scattered the pieces into the air.

"This isn't worth my spit! I can see that you are indeed in need of men of my caliber!"

Suddenly, he let out a laugh of pure mirth. The smirk was replaced with a more natural smile.

"I think you will be satisfied with my services. But, of course, if I have offended you, then there are others who would gladly make use of me. Even in death, I'd have omeone asking for my service!"

He laugghed again, and awaited a response.

Lak raised an eyebrow.

"Well, Master... I will have to assume it is Master Shang from what I have heard."

The Prefect waited for confirmation before continuing.

"You see, though you have accurately pointed out my lack of talent with a pen, I believe you will have to concede that despite its lack of eloquence, it has accomplished its task since you are here now."

Lak shrugged.

"In Yan, by necessity, we are men of war. I have been told by many that a glaring weakness in my forces is a diplomatic talent that can make allies out of rivals and profit out of war. Though your recent display might put some ill at ease, I judge on results and yours are impressive from what I am told."

The prefect rose.

"If you accept to join us, you will be in charge of all diplomatic relations. This means you choose whom to send as envoys, you suggest which talent to go after. You will probably see some battlefield action as well as you will be in charge of proposing terms and such to our enemies."

"That, not the letter, is why I hope you have come here"

"You are too kind to me. I fear that i will be removed from history soon, i am unworthy of kindness and ask that you do not share it with me and instead provide me what you would an average citizen Lord Fei Lak..." After finishing he clenched onto his chest as hard as he could attempting to keep his weak old heart moving, "I have come hearing of a young man i once new being deceased now, you may have heard of a Liu Kang, we bore the same family name and i once taught him an old village not far from here, he visited me before his death and told me of your wonders..." By then he had moved his hands to his knees as he sat like a wounded man... "If his words were true, that you are indeed his uncle, a great man then i have come to the correct place..."

"You knew my nephew?"

Lak still had some difficulty with the loss of Kang.

"He was one of the founders of this kingdom, I am honored you would come visit us! What can I do for you?"

[Liu Kang]

"It is true your nephew was a great man, him and that other mischievous kid, Lu Fang..." He said, after doing so taking one long breath... "Your nephew requested that i come see you, i see that i have done the right thing in doing so, as an old man i look for whatever job i can if you would so kindly provide me with one..."

[phoenixofdiscordia]

Lak raised an eyebrow.

"Well, Master... I will have to assume it is Master Shang from what I have heard."

The Prefect waited for confirmation before continuing.

"You see, though you have accurately pointed out my lack of talent with a pen, I believe you will have to concede that despite its lack of eloquence, it has accomplished its task since you are here now."

Lak shrugged.

"In Yan, by necessity, we are men of war. I have been told by many that a glaring weakness in my forces is a diplomatic talent that can make allies out of rivals and profit out of war. Though your recent display might put some ill at ease, I judge on results and yours are impressive from what I am told."

The prefect rose.

"If you accept to join us, you will be in charge of all diplomatic relations. This means you choose whom to send as envoys, you suggest which talent to go after. You will probably see some battlefield action as well as you will be in charge of proposing terms and such to our enemies."

"That, not the letter, is why I hope you have come here"

Shang Xi bowed again, this tie with earnest respect.

"Lord Fei, you are already aware of my talents, I presume. Why else would you offer me such postions, of course? I will accept your offer gladly, but I must ask one small thing of you first... why, exactly, have you chosen me? Are there not others in the land who could fulfill the roll admirably?"

[Phailak]

"Wha... what?" Fang wondered as a surge of joy overcame him, he had never had been offered great positions in life, however, being in charge of so much meant too much responsibility for a man who had to take care of his own health half the day, "Lord Fei Lak, why such a hasty offer? If it is true that i shall become in charge of diplomatic relations than i shall accept as i never put a good offer down..." As he finished he rose to walk over to lord Fei Lak to shake his hands, as he approached he held onto whatever was there to keep him up and eventually after a while he arrived and extended his arm...

Liu Fang Joins Fei Lak

LK please reread post, that was meant for Phoenix, I edited my post with proper quotes, just edit yours in please

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Shang Xi bowed again, this tie with earnest respect.

"Lord Fei, you are already aware of my talents, I presume. Why else would you offer me such postions, of course? I will accept your offer gladly, but I must ask one small thing of you first... why, exactly, have you chosen me? Are there not others in the land who could fulfill the roll admirably?"

Lak shook his head.

"I will spare you the details of all that has transpired in Yan, suffice to say that we have had to fight for each inch of soil to finally unite the land under one banner. In such glory, we have attracted a myriad of Warlords and my forces are slowly imploding simply at the cost of maintaining such a large array of officers and men. This will cause us to have to expand into other provinces currently occupied by other men that will not welcome men of war such as us. I need a man with a slick tongue but also brave and will represent what we are. I spend a great deal of time analyzing reports and rumors of men of talent as it is my main focus, you are at the top of that list, which is why I entrust these functions to you should you accept. If I am wrong, which in these kind of things I rarely am, come to me and we can arrange something. So, what say you?"

[Liu Kang]

((Changed it a while ago Here it is again though ))

"It is true your nephew was a great man, him and that other mischievous kid, Lu Fang..." He said, after doing so taking one long breath... "Your nephew requested that i come see you, i see that i have done the right thing in doing so, as an old man i look for whatever job i can if you would so kindly provide me with one..."

[Phailak]

((Changed it a while ago Here it is again though ))

"It is true your nephew was a great man, him and that other mischievous kid, Lu Fang..." He said, after doing so taking one long breath... "Your nephew requested that i come see you, i see that i have done the right thing in doing so, as an old man i look for whatever job i can if you would so kindly provide me with one..."

Lak winced.

"I am sorry wise one, I do not know what it is you can do exactly. I am always looking for those that can help us and I have enough warlords to go around, perhaps you can help with strategy, some civil work too?"

[Liu Kang]

The old man soon started to laugh and every couple of seconds relaeased a torrent of coughs, "As i have said earlier i was once a tacticians aid, however, i am skilled in construction works and can aid you there aswell, i have heard that Yan has gone to hell recently due to the Xiongu and that civil development was weak here, i am certain i can lend a hand..."