Cunning General Si Ning

Jiang ChenMu used all his strenght to push and turned trying to use the advantage of his speed to slash Jiang Ye by the shoulder only for his eyes to widen when Jiang Ye met his sword and his shoulder got slashed instead yet he stood firm on the ground and pushed till Jiang Ye shoulder was slashed a little then he suddenly back away and moved forward to meet Jiang Ye's sword once more and when he was sure he wasn't going to be pushed back, he raised a leg to kick Jiang Ye's face.Seeing this made Jiang Ye raised a hand to block the blow and this situation made him to only have a hand to control his sword.

Jiang ChenMu wasn't also balanced anymore but he refused to lower his leg even when Jiang Ye grabbed it, he only concentrated on using his two hands to control his sword to push Jiang Ye's sword towards his shoulder and when the sword was about to touch his shoulder forced Jiang Ye to release his hand and Jiang ChenMu's foot finally collided with his face but his leg was already weak and the impact wasn't strong yet Jiang Ye lost his balance and kicked Jiang ChenMu hand and stomach.

Ah a double kick!

The kick was so sudden that Jiang ChenMu swayed, his sword flew away while using a hand to prevent him from falling but when he turned, all he saw was a sword to his neck, Jiang ChenMu with his cheek red, his eyes full of relief.

"Young Master Jiang ChenMu, it is my win." Jiang Ye told him.Jiang ChenMu spat out some blood, his shoulder bleeding, his eyes red as he raised his bloodshot eyes to meet Jiang Ye and spat out more blood.

Jiang Ye finally lowered his sword and extended a hand to help Jiang ChenMu up and Si Ning watched, wanting to see what Jiang ChenMu would do, maybe he would hit the hand away or take it but the teenage boy extended his hand and Jiang Ye grabbed him and pulled him to his feet and that seemed to be the conclusion of their personal fend because Jiang ChenMu didn't burst out in anger and Jiang ChenMu tore his lapel to start bandaging JiangChenMu's bleeding arm which made Si Ning to sign in relief, it was so different from what he had imagined or seen in some movies, Jiang ChenMu was supposed to be angry and not give up or he was supposed to burst out crying but none of that happened and he was even holding the cloth for Jiang Ye to tie it properly.

Si Ning nodded and clapped. It was so brilliant than those action movies that uses swords as their weapon. "Good, good, good. You both performed wonderfully." He couldn't help but to praise them, if he was in one of them position earlier he would have surrendered.

"General, forgive me for this disgraceful sparring I displayed." Jiang ChenMu bowed, his eyes dim.

Si Ning shook his head and stood up. "No this is brilliant and from what i have seen today, Jiang ChenMu you are here by relived from your duties to the Si army and you are free to go." He was proud of how smoothly his statement sound.

In few years time and with more experience Jiang ChenMu would be a skill fighter and Si Ning just acknowledge him as a fighter worthy of his praises and now was to swim in praises that would rain on him, praises from Jiang ChenMu that he was happy that he was acknowledged that his fighting skills was top notch.

When the praises didn't come made Si Ning raised an eyebrow wondering why Jiang ChenMu looked dejected

"General I was unable to compete equally with Brother Ye, I still lack in experience and fighting skills that is why I want to beg General to take his words back." Jiang ChenMu said, his head bowed.Si Ning was shocked that Jiang ChenMu wants to stay and train more instead of going back to become the head of his family.

"But dont you want to go back to your family, to your army?" Jiang ChenMu nodded as he wiped the blood stain on his mouth with his sleeve.

"Yes I want to go back but as I am I cant because as I am I won't be able to beat my guard nor will I have the power to take brother Ye back so General please allow me to stay until I can fight equally to brother Ye and take him back to our family." He said, his eyes determined.

It seemed Jiang ChenMu was determined to take Jiang Ye back and Si Ning had no objection to it, Jiang Ye as a person wasn't bound to him and had his free will so if one day wants to go back to the Jiang Family then Si Ning wasn't going to stop him but escort him home with some reward for his service.

Si Ning turned to Xiao Pei and his eyes shifted from Xiao Pei to Jiang Ye, he smirk when the idea of setting up a fight between Xiao Pei and Jiang Ye occurred to him. He could use that as a means of entertainment for him because his dream of spending time with beauties as an entertainment was something that would never come to pass and for his guards sparing would use that opportunity to grow and find fault within themselves and how to improve their weak points.

"Xiao Pei you will be in charge of training Jiang ChenMu, train him for him to be able to beat you." Si Ning decided Xiao Pei to be the teacher because his Commanders were always busy and he doesn't want to add to their workload. Jiang Ye being a family to Jiang ChenMu won't make him a teacher for the job.

"Yes General." Xiao Pei bowed.

"But Jiang ChenMu, as you know, Jiang Ye is an adult and want he wants to do is based on him so I want you and Jiang Ye to have a deep discussion when you leave the palace." Si Ning said and watch the two nodded then he turned to Xiao Pei.

"Make the training harder so he can leave." He whispered.

"Yes General." Xiao Pei nodded getting the gist of what to do.

"Remember Jiang ChenMu, you can leave the Si army at anytime." Si Ning smiled, satisfied with his thrilling morning. "Let me not delay you because you need to see the Doctor asap." He snapped his finger to indicate for them to hurry.

"Can I join the training too? No let me rephrase that, I am joining the training!"

Si Ning rolled his eyes knowing who the voice belong to, he was so engrossed in the fight earlier he didn't take note of his surroundings and it wasn't weird for someone to have come, he had been expecting Xiu Junjie because the boy do train at this time of the day. He turned to see Xiu Junjie few feet from him who was dressed in his training outfit and next to him was a tall handsome man who was dorned in dark purple robes, his hair flowed long and loose, his expression impassive making him have the appearance of a young noble scholar and seeing his diadem made Si Ning to guess he had to be the Imperial tutor while next to him was an older shorter man who was dressed similarly to Xiu Junjie and looked ripped and strong, it seemed they were there to train.

Before Si Ning could say a word, the tall handsome man nodded and turned leaving the training ground while the man that was dressed in martial arts attire saluted.

"General Si Ning, I am glad to see you are doing well." The older man said.

"Likewise..." Si Ning was unable to continue discussuing with the older man because Xiu Junjie was running up to attack him.

Oh Not again.