Chapter 2656: The Lu Family

“Hahaha!” Master Lu laughed.

Si Bai smiled sheepishly, but he didn’t try to interrupt his father in law’s laughter. He could guess that this reason seemed to be foolish, but he didn’t know any other reasons to use to talk.

And there was no one else who knew more about the situation of the northern tribe than Master Lu.

His friends were the young masters of the big families here and the number was not large. After all, Si Bai’s identity was the married son in law of the Lu Family and not exactly that high.

So except for some people who treated him with respect, the others were not willing to communicate with him.

Si Bai knew that none of them were very knowledgeable.

Only his father in law was better.

“So, you thought that we’ll be affected?” Master Lu asked with a smile.

“…Yes.”

“That won’t happen.” Master Lu waved his hand. “There are more than 5 cities between us and the north border. Even in the past when Fan Yi Kingdom failed to protect the border, they have never reached this area.”

“Please teach me, Father in law,” Si Bai asked humbly.

Master Lu nodded and beckoned for Si Bai to sit down before he started, “As you should know, the six kingdoms have a lot of conflicts in the past and Fan Yi Kingdom had existed for a long time. After the areas are given under the command of the noble or perhaps the prince, they slowly become separated from the central power in Zhang Xu Kingdom.

I don’t remember the exact time, but after Fan Yi Kingdom was established, there are a lot of great wars between these kingdoms that proclaimed themselves as the best kingdom. It took some time before it’s settled to be 6 kingdoms.

Now, during my father’s time, Fan Yi Kingdom did fail to protect the border.” Master Lu paused for a moment.

To be honest, he didn’t experience it himself, but he remembered his father sighing that it was the worst period of time. That was also the only time the other kingdoms were more united to fight against the northern tribe in the past decades.

“The northern tribe attacked fiercely and for some reasons, Fan Yi Kingdom failed to protect it and the war spread towards Qi Xi Kingdom, that’s still a big kingdom at that time and also Zhang Xu Kingdom.

They’re basically fighting at three frontline. But even at that time, the northern tribe had never reached this city,” Master Lu said proudly.

Si Bai was stunned.

To be honest, they were located at the north border of Zhang Xu Kingdom and it would not be weird for them to be attacked by the northern tribe if Fan Yi Kingdom if they were to fail. But not only has this city been save from the northern tribe, it was rarely engulfed in the war with Fan Yi Kingdom in the past.

It was also because of this that Si Bai agreed to settle down.

“Why is that, Father in law?”

“It’s simple… the terrain didn’t allow it and also the existence of other powerful families before reaching this city.” Master Lu coughed. “In the past, there’s the Lin Family that’s stationed on the east of this city. If they want to come here, they would have to pass the Lin Family and given their family’s medicine and methods, no one could possibly pass.

Aside from that, there’s a big mountain north of this city, which will halt the progress of other kingdoms when they want to come from the north. The best way would be to come from the side, but at that time, there are other cities between this city and the army.”

Master Lu drew the map in front of him, showing Si Bai the situation in this place.

Si Bai looked at the picture and nodded absent mindedly.

The topic seemed to stray a bit…

Because he didn’t care too much about this matter. Even if this city were to be attacked, his attendants would secure a way out for them if necessary. If it was not necessary, they could stay in their residences and wait.

And there were three cities south of the mountain with their city in the middle.

No wonder Master Lu was really confident.

“But, Father in law, the Lin Family has fallen, right?” Si Bai suddenly asked another question.

Master Lu froze.

He had just remembered that the Lin Family was removed because of their practice and the fact that they went against Fei Yang Kingdom. Without the strong Lin Family, the other cities would be nothing more than cannon fodder that would fall within a day.

Or if they have some forces, it might take two to three days.

But if they were worse… even half a day would be enough to take the city.

“Well… it seems that we did need to make some preparation.” Master Lu sighed and said, “In the worst case scenario, we’ll head south.”

Si Bai nodded.

It’s obvious that their way out would only be south.

Otherwise, they would be attacked right after escaping.

“Father in law, do you know anything about the northern tribe.”

Master Lu sighed and then walked to the side where he took a bamboo scroll out. “You’re really careful. My brother sent this to me some time ago, detailing the situation on the border and the northern tribe. Let’s see… there are a total of three big tribes from the northern tribe that are active in the west area.”

3 tribes?

Si Bai’s mind turned blank and he had the feeling that the northern tribe’s forces might be a bit more complicated than what he thought in the beginning.

“Well, even if they’re said to be big tribes, their soldiers are only a few thousands at most,” Master Lu continued and he opened the bamboos scroll on the table. “The most active one is Hu tribe, the most feared one is the Yan Tribe, and the most mysterious one is the Ji Tribe.”

Si Bai: ??? Each has their characteristic?

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