Chu Tian was a little surprised and confused. He wondered what more the King had in mind.

The King ignored his emotions.

He spoke directly, “Prime Minister Chu, you have to keep this secret between us, and you must not reveal this to anyone else. You have to tell those at Li Village not to reveal the secret, and when the whole thing has settled down, I will grant you many bonuses.”

“…”

“Also, Prime Minister Chu, you have to return to Li Village and bring the monsters back to the capital, in secret. Half of them should be transported to this jail and trapped with this man.”

“…”

“When you have transported the monsters to the jail, Prime Minister Chu, you are done with your duties.”

“…”

“You have done a great achievement this time, and I will grant you great prizes. You are the Prime Minister and there is no higher position for you, but you will receive excellent rewards later. Also, your children’s marriage will be well arranged too.”

“…”

“However, all of this will be given when you are done with this task.”

“…”

“So you can leave,” the King said seriously.

Chu Tian nodded, but he had a very stiff look on his face. He was not very happy.

He did do a good job, but what the King had said did not show this at all. The King was not granting them any rewards, he was using the Chu Family.

It was not a good thing, nor could it be a bad thing.

As he walked out of the jail, Chu Tian sighed heavily.

He could do nothing until he returned to Li Village.

All he could do right now was to finish the task.

Chu Yu was right. The Chu Family should not just stay devoted to the King so that they could survive. Things were different now

Chu Tian left in a hurry, with work heavily burdened in his mind.

***

Back in jail…

The King looked down at the gloomy-looking young man, who was chained.

He might be a very smart person. A man who could make such ferocious things.

What a pity. He was just a prisoner in front of the court.

The King had the intention of taking him as his own man, but he had to make some plans before he would kneel to him.

He looked at the man and turned around.

He was going to push this man down to the bottom of the valley before he scooped him up. At that time, he would surely be grateful.

The King believed that this man would be very devoted to him. And the monsters he had made were going to be his biggest weapons.

The King smiled proudly.

“De Fu, treat this man as the worst sinning man would be treated,” the King said with a smile, but then he added out of concern. “But don’t have him killed, just some small bitter punishments that will make him suffer.”

De Fu nodded, then he went to pass on the order.

***

In May of the 23rd year of the land…

The disaster of the Li Village was finally settled. Prime Minister Chu and the Crown Prince received a lot of support from the civilians due to the success of this mission.

In the same month…

The Elder Prince came back to the capital with the Min Family.