I asked you to go down the mountain and get married, not to shock the world!

After Hong Li said this, the young people around him became even more dissatisfied. They all had confusion on their faces and turned their heads to look at the old man with puzzled eyes.

The old man just glanced at him silently out of the corner of his eye.

Just a cold look immediately made the young man calm down and understand where his place is!

The young man quickly took two steps back, gave them the home court, and whispered an apology to Mingchuan.

"I'm sorry, General Ming, I was stupid."

Mingchuan raised a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth, then looked at the old man with satisfaction and shook his head at him.

"It's out of the way."

"Old sir, what brings you here today?"

Hong Li chuckled and took a high-end black brocade box from the person on the other side.

He handed the black brocade box towards Mingchuan.

"General Ming, I'm aware of everything you said to the King. This is what the King ordered me to bring you. From now on, all the military forces in Haicheng are at your disposal. Of course, you can also appoint your men as you please."

"The contents here are military tokens that can be used to dispatch the Haicheng military."

After the old man finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and his subordinate handed over a second golden brocade box.

This golden brocade box is not simple at first glance. The golden glow on the surface alone is so dazzling that it hurts the eyes.

Ah Xiong couldn't help but widen his eyes, stretched his neck and looked forward twice, and was shocked.

Wow, this box looks like it’s made of real gold!

The old man is really rich, the boxes he uses to give gifts are all made of real gold!

The young man who had quarreled with Ah Xiong before, looked as if he had never seen the world when he saw Ah Xiong again, and a look of sarcasm appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Axiong didn’t notice it at all!

Mingchuan discovered it!

He was speechless and felt embarrassed.

Pressing Axiong's head, he pushed him back.

"Stand back there."

Ah Xiong was stunned and nodded quickly: "Oh, okay."

Don't understand, but do it.

Mingchuan then shook his head and looked back at Hong Li: "Old sir, what is this?"

Hong Li smiled happily, and the beard on his face trembled slightly.

The already strong body became even more upright at this moment.

"General Ming, we are both serving the country now. I was not in good health before and never came to see you. It was indeed my fault."

"Here's the gift I prepared for you earlier, to congratulate you on taking office. Now I can finally make up for it!"

Mingchuan listened to what Hong Li said, raised his eyebrows, and looked him up and down.

Only then did I realize that the old man in front of me was not as healthy as he looked. His face just had a little redness, but in fact, his body was still suffering from severe damage. I just didn't know what medicine he had taken, so it was not easy to see.

It's more like... a way to deliberately conceal the fact that you are sick.

Mingchuan frowned: "Old man, what illness did you have before?"

But having said this, I suddenly remembered that they were still outside the door.

Mingchuan quickly turned sideways and stretched out his hand to point the way inside.

"Let's go inside and talk."

"Okay, okay!" Hong Li agreed with a smile, followed Mingchuan and his group, and slowly came to the inner living room.

He walked all the way inside, looking at the scenery here, and felt extremely comfortable.

Do not……

It should be said that it was only after he had been close to Mingchuan and felt the aura emanating from him that his body began to feel somewhat more comfortable...

And this kind of comfort is something that cannot be expressed in words. I just feel like my spirits have been lifted.

Hong Li couldn't help but feel surprised, and looked at Mingchuan's back several times from behind.

Of course, Mingchuan also noticed this kind of gaze, but he did not deprive the old man of the right to look.

It was not until both parties sat back in the living room that Ah Xiong sensibly poured a few cups of cold tea for both of them, and then Mingchuan looked at the old man's body again.

"Mr. Hong, since you've brought gifts and come all the way from the capital to Tianhai to see me, I have to give you something in return to show my sincerity."

"Why don't you tell me how your current physical condition is and I'll see if there's anything I can do to help you."

As soon as Mingchuan said this, Hong Li immediately knew that Mingchuan must have noticed something wrong with his body.

He chuckled twice, with a hint of bitterness on the corners of his mouth, and said to Mingchuan with admiration.

"As expected of General Ming, I've heard that your methods are very powerful, and now I see that it's true. You saw through my little trick with ease."

Hong Li raised Mingchuan's status so high that several of his men showed some dissatisfaction again, but this time because of the incident with the young man before, no one dared to show it at all.

Mingchuan smiled and said, "Mr. Hong, you don't have to be polite. Just speak frankly. You are hiding now, probably for your own health and other reasons. I understand."

Hong Li nodded, and his cloudy eyes looked at Mingchuan with admiration.

"Then I will respectfully obey your command and will not be polite to you, General."

He slowly rolled up his sleeves a little, stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Mingchuan.

"General Ming, please take a look. I don't know what happened to my health a few days ago. It suddenly took a turn for the worse. I've asked others to check on me, and they said I wasn't poisoned, but I don't have much time left..."

"But now I have too much work to do and I can't let it go easily. I had no choice but to take some crooked ways and take some extreme medicine. Only then did I save my life. I am able to come to you in this ruined body."

Having said this, Hong Li's mouth revealed a hint of bitterness: "I'm sorry, General Ming, I didn't tell you directly just now. This time I came here to seek your help."

"I didn't expect you to see through it so easily."

Mingchuan listened to the old man's mumbling, his eyes sweeping over the skinny arm he had given birth to.

This arm was completely different from his energetic appearance on the surface. The entire arm was dark in color and so thin that only bones were left. The skin was deeply wrapped around the bones, and was concave along the gaps between the bones.

Just one glance at it makes people frown and feel horrified.

The men beside Hong Li suddenly showed some pity in their eyes. Even Ah Xiong, who had argued with them earlier, now felt that the way he spoke just now was really damn bad!

In Mingchuan's eyes, he knew without any hesitation that the old man's pulse was very weak at this moment, almost impossible to feel.

However, as Hong Li said, he couldn't say this directly, otherwise it would dampen everyone's enthusiasm.

Hong Li has other things to do now, and he must keep this body going.