Sanggana Swordsman
127. Good News About Joko
*Holy Blood Ring*
The arrival of the Crown Prince of the Country Lor We on that night was greeted with so much fanfare and excitement. Since entering the gates of capital We, a welcome has been seen from the citizens of the Capital City who are indeed conditioned. Hornbills and trumpet blasts were welcomed above the castle fortress.
“Long and mighty His Majesty the Emperor!” said the officials and soldiers of Lor We Country when he respected Pangerang Young Tua.
Smiling broadly, the Old Young Prince heard the words of reverence usually spoken for his father, the deposed emperor. Dashing and his heroine he climbed the palace steps, escorted by his personal bodyguard named Dao Lushan.
At the top of the ladder were already waiting for officials who were mostly supporters of the coup that took place that morning.
“Sincerely servant, Your Majesty the Emperor!” said a 60-year-old man while descending to his knees after the Old Young Prince arrived at the top step. The yellow-clothed man was named Young Tan, the younger brother of the deposed emperor.
“Wake up, Uncle!” exclaimed Old Prince Young quickly while holding both of his uncle's arms.
After Young Tan stood up straight, the Old Young Prince instead bowed to his uncle.
“Thank you for the services of Uncle who has overthrown Ayahanda,” Prince Young Tua said.
“Morning tomorrow, after your coronation as the Emperor of the Country Lor We, then all will be within your grasp,” Young Tan said with a smile of pride.
“I'll meet Father,” said Old Young Prince.
“I'll take you.”
After the welcoming ceremony, the Old Young Prince and his uncle went to the prison, where Emperor Young Yeng was stationed.
In a prison cell. A man dressed in white was sitting in the corner of a cell with a haystack. He only wore zhongyi, a garment commonly worn as underwear. The man's hair was curled, but not neat. A number of his hair looks randomly meriap decorate his old face. His hands and feet were shackled with chains.
Inside the cell was only a wooden table and a chair. Looks like a bowl of rice with a piece of meat still looks intact on the table. Complete with one cup and a bottle.
“Dad!” the Old Young Prince. He stopped standing five steps away from the prisoner.
“Go. Enjoy your damned power, Tua’er,” said the man who was none other than Young Yeng, Emperor of Lor We Country who was taken.
The one who led the coup was Young Tan. Old Young Prince was just enjoying the results.
“Dad, I promise you. I will bring Lor We into a bigger and advanced country. Prince Baijin and I have signed the Jang Country sharing agreement after the western country fell. The Guilds of Ci Cin and Lor We will produce invincible strength,” Old Young Prince said.
“But beware, Tua’er. The sky will punish you in a short time. The sky always hears if his representative on this earth is hurt!” the hiss of Emperor Young Yeng with a face trembled as it held back an immense amount of anger.
“Rest, Father,” said Old Young Prince.
“You both will feel the consequences of your sins!” yelled Emperor Young Yeng in wrath.
Old Young Prince and Young Tan turned around. Upon their departure from the cell, the cell door was again closed and locked by the prison warden.
The next morning, the Old Young Prince was crowned as the official emperor of the Land of Lor We. Young Tan was appointed the Emperor's Right Hand.
Ever since leaving the military camp near the border of Taele city, the Old Young Emperor had always thought of a girl, namely Tirana. Tirana's beautiful beauty instantly made her fall in love. Though, not a few of the officials' daughter girls were close to him, one of them was Zhao Lii.
It was this intense feeling of falling in love that prompted him to immediately invite Tirana and Puspa to the Palace.
Zhao Lii, the daughter of General Zhao Jiliang, had promised that Tirana and Puspa, who he said were powerful women, would meet the invitation when they arrived at the capital We.
However, on that morning, Su Ntain took Tirana and Puspa to a food stall that seemed seedy.
“I want to meet Lio Ma,” Su Ntai said to the man who just opened the door.
“Have money?” asked the 35-year-old man while turning his gaze to the two beautiful women who were behind Su Ntai.
“Do not have,” replied Su Ntai which is the password answer.
“Cute me!” said the man, then turned around into a large simple food stall.
So Su Ntai, Tirana and Puspa followed. The three horses they left were moored in front of the food stall.
Inside there was only a woman who was busy cooking in two fire stoves. Behind the plank wall, the man who owned the food stall opened a secret door on the floor. There's a ladder coming down behind the door.
They entered a translucent passageway rising into a room. The room was filled with shelves full of paper books and bamboo slats.
Two busy men were working in the room. One person was busy writing on an empty sheet of paper. Another was busy arranging and sorting out the rolls of paper based on hanging labels using thick thread ties.
For a moment the man who was writing saw who was coming. When he saw Su Ntai's face, he immediately recognized her. He stopped his work and put down his brush.
The man who had taken her back to his food stall.
“You have finally appeared again for a long time, Su Ntai,” greet a man whose age may be the same as Su Ntai.
“Not changed you, Lio Ma. You remain faithful to your work,” Su Ntai said with a smile.
“Two beautiful and young women you brought together. There is an important search. Straight away, I have no free time to talk,” said Lio Ma.
“These two sisters of my wife are looking for news about a human falling from the sky in the west,” said Su Ntai.
“This is very expensive news. Maybe you won't get it in the other group. This news was only owned by the Earth Snake Network. You got the money?” lio Ma said.
“Is this enough?” asked Su Ntai while putting down a bag of red cloth filled with coins.
Lio Ma grabbed the cloth bag and opened it slightly. It contained a lot of gold coins.
“This is too much, just ten coins,” said Lio Ma. He then reached into the cloth bag and took it according to the count. The rest he returned to Su Ntai.
The money was from Zhao Lii. Last night they came to the Zhao Family residence and demanded a promise of help from Miss Zhao. For the sake of fulfilling the Old Young Prince's request, Zhao Lii willingly paid a large fee so that Tirana and Puspa would be willing to meet the invitation of the prince who this morning had turned into an emperor.
“There was a golden yellow object falling from the sky two days ago, precisely in the afternoon. It's unclear what that is. Precisely fell and destroyed the Haram Palace, where Princess Country Jang lives,” said Lio Ma who is one of the officials of the Land Snake Network branch of Lor We.
Su Ntai then translated the information from Lio Ma to Tirana and Puspa. The news instantly made Tirana smile little showed her belief that the golden yellow ray object was the body of Joko Calm. He was so certain because the direction and time were the same when they fell from the sky, after coming out of the science hall of the Boundless Gate belonging to Puspa.
“Finally we can find Kakang Joko, Puspa,” said Tirana happy.
Puspa only mangosteen. He was more interested in paying attention to the many books in the room.
“After the incident, suddenly in the Palace appeared a foreign youth. Your daughter Su Mai has been asked by Princess Country Jang to become a translator for the red-lipped foreign youth,” continued Lio Ma.
Su Ntai again translated the words of Lio Ma.
“True, that's my future husband,” said Tirana happily. In his heart he felt very grateful to finally know for sure that Joko was still alive.
“Come we go directly to find Forest Cats!” puspa.
“We must fulfill our promise first to Nano Zhao. After fulfilling the invitation of the prince, we just went straight to the Land of Jang,” Tirana said. (BH)