Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

285 Soujin Past: The Beginning of The Doom

14 years ago

When Soujin was a little kid, he was already trained hard by his parents. That was the Nanglong family tradition; all of their family members had to choose their path since they were 5 years old. Soujin choose the military path, so he has to train hard every day as the preparation before going to the battlefield.

That day was the same; Soujin was training hard in his training room. Waving the wooden sword over and over again, he continued the practice to get stronger.

"Little Soujin is still training. If it continued like this, you would soon surpass your father."

Little Soujin hurriedly stopped his training. He turned towards the man behind him, Nanglong Sei, his father. With a beaming smile, he ran towards his father.

"Father! Have you finished your work?" he asked as he got closer.

"Of course, your father is…" before he could finish his word, Little Soujin suddenly waved his wooden sword and attacked his father. Nanglong Sei agilely avoided to the side and Little Soujin almost tripped over his failed attempt.

Nanglong Sei hurriedly caught the little boy. "You should at least hear your father finished speaking, you brat."

Little Soujin laughed. "It has been a long time since father practices with me. That was the payback for all the time."

"Who teaches you to speak like that?"

"Of course it's your father," the soft voice of a woman trailed to his ear. Qin Shie came in, bringing a towel for Little Soujin. "Who else would teach a boy how to speak like that?"

Nanglong Sei laughed a bit. "That old man really hadn't changed at all. But really, he should have taught another thing to Soujin rather than that. I don't want Soujin to be corrupted by my father."

"You speak as if your father is really horrible," Qin Shie rolled her eyes. "Little Soujin, come over here. Let me wipe your sweat."

"Thank you, Mother."

Little Soujin obediently stood in his place as Qin Shie wiped his sweats. Nanglong Sei watched amusedly.

"I need to handle a few matters first. Do you have anything to do this afternoon?" Nanglong Sei asked his wife.

"There is a tea party. I will head there until tonight. Take care of Little Soujin, okay?"

"Mother, I'm not a kid anymore. I can take care of myself," Little Soujin pouted.

Hearing that words from an eight years old boy were really something interesting. He was still a little kid in front of their eyes since obviously a little kid at that age couldn't be considered big. However, Qin Shie just laughed at her son's words.

"Sei, be careful. If you want to oppose the emperor, the price will be big," Qin Shie said worriedly. The Jun family had been partially opposing the emperor and now they were having a hard time with numerous troubles behind them.

"I don't want to oppose him too. But, he had taken things too far," Nanglong Sei said in a low tone. "The Jun family is a big force even for the kingdom. By making them pressured hard like this, it will make them retaliate in the future."

"That is if they can," Qin Shie wore a troubled smile. "The power of the emperor is too big to oppose. The people around him are all powerful."

"One of them had died in the hands of the Jun family," Nanglong Sei reminded his wife.

Qin Shie shook her head lightly. "Please be careful. You are not only a general, but also a father of a small family."

"I understand."

Little Soujin at that time could only understand the word they uttered a bit. For most of the matters, a little kid of 8 years old wouldn't be able to understand things fully. However, his limited knowledge would be enough for him to understand that his father and mother's conversation was a serious one.

"Right, the little girl didn't come today?"

"Tian Ni? I haven't seen her at all. However, her father waits for you in your office."

"I got it. Little Soujin, continue your practice."

Little Soujin grinned. "Yes, father."

After talking for a bit, Nanglong Sei headed towards his office. There, a man was standing impatiently.

"Sei! How long do you want me to wait here?"

"Don't be ridiculous. I'm a general, and I have my own duties. What brings you here today?" Nanglong Sei leisurely sat down on his chair.

The man was angry at Nanglong Sei laidback attitude, but he only looked at the other party with annoyed look. "Don't try to do anything weird. The emperor has his eyes on the four big families here."

"He won't do anything, and I don't have any plan on rebelling," Nanglong Sei said calmly. He would not rebel. He would only pull some tricks to make the emperor stop interfering in their life. Doing his work with being watched on was not fun.

He was used to do his work without anyone interfering and the new emperor act was really making him frustrated. However, if he were to blatantly ignore the order of the palace, the people would say that the Nanglong family was rebelling towards the emperor. At that time, he would implicate his entire family and sent them straight into the doom.

"Sei, does this plan doesn't count as rebelling?" the man looked with red eyes. "I don't want my Tian family to get pulled by you. You better handle all of the matter yourself."

Nanglong Sei watched as the man walks away. He shook his head. In the first place, he never asked anyone to join with his act of handling things from the back. Besides, he was not the only one who did it. There were many others who did something on the emperor back.

"But, only we who came from a big family are considered a threat."

He looked towards the paper in front of him and sighed. Did his decision right?