Train to Another World.

Chapter 404 Fear
After all, it was a negotiation, so Pat didn't bring too many people to the negotiation site, because he knew Old Peel quite well. He had met Old Peel many times with his father when he was a child.

His father commented that Old Pierre was a person who lived a life of mediocrity. As long as he could make ends meet, he would not have any other ideas. Although he was a little hypocritical, he was the most harmless of all the city lords nearby.

Therefore, Pat did not think that Old Pierre would use this negotiation to ambush him. After all, he had clearly shown his intention to take over Haichao City, so didn't Old Pierre just invite him to the negotiation first?

If it were him, or even his father, they would have already started preparing for war. Even if his predictions were wrong and old Peel suddenly changed his temperament, he would have a backup plan.

The accompanying city guard looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, took out a still-throbbing lizard from the supply bag and handed it to Pat. Pat took it casually, first skillfully cut a hole in the lizard's neck with a dagger, and began to suck blood.

After sucking all the blood, it cut open the lizard's stomach, took out its internal organs and stuffed them into its mouth, followed by fresh muscle.

Pat had a good appetite today and ate two lizards in a row. His city guards also ate one each, not because they couldn't eat more, but because the supplies were limited. Eating a fresh lizard at noon was enough to relieve hunger and thirst. It seemed easier to travel under the sun.

Because Pat anticipated that the consumption of resources would be high, he chose to walk this time. He set out in the morning and arrived at the gate of Haichao City in the afternoon.

When he arrived outside the Haichao City Gate, he saw that Old Peel had already built a sunshade outside the city gate to serve as the venue for this meeting. But when he got closer, Pat felt a little surprised.

I saw that the awning was not the leather tent used by the locals in their daily life, but a pre-disaster product made of wood, metal and velvet. Although it was very worn out, the tassels on the awning had fallen off, and many damaged areas had been patched with animal skins, but at present, being able to have such an awning could be called luxurious.

When they arrived in front of the awning, they found that there were a lot of chairs in addition to a round table. Pat looked around and didn't see anyone else. He just felt that Old Pierre was too polite, even his entourage had prepared chairs.

Pat nodded casually to Old Peel and sat down at the table. He looked down and found several fruits on the plate on the table.

Pat curled his lips in disdain. It seemed that Old Pierre had made a lot of efforts to avoid war. But what he didn't know was that his goal had never been Haichao City. That was just a cover. He came here just to further anger Old Pierre.

As he thought about it, Pat reached out his hand and wanted to take a piece of fruit from the plate. After walking for so long, even though he ate two lizards to replenish his water, he still felt a little thirsty. It would be great to have some fruit to eat at this time. Huh? Why is this fruit getting farther and farther away from me?
Pat looked up and saw that it was old Peel who reached out and pulled the plate away.

"Oh, hypocritical Steven, he really lives up to his reputation."

"It's very rude to eat before the host arrives. When the host arrives, I'll give you my portion."

Pat frowned at Old Pierre's words: "Who else is the real culprit in the matter between our two cities? Did you invite other witnesses?"

Old Pierre laughed proudly: "A few days ago, the Lord came to Haichao City. Perhaps he felt that my Haichao City was not bad, so he recruited me. I saw that the Lord was powerful, so I joined his army."

Hearing Old Pierre's words, Pat's eyes fixed. He did not doubt that Old Pierre was lying to him. Here, admitting your loyalty to someone is not a joke. Because Haichao City has a commercial street and there are water shops on the commercial street, countless nobles have come to recruit Old Pierre.

But he rejected them all, and over time no one tried to recruit him. So in Pat's opinion, it was even more unlikely for Old Pierre to join someone else's forces than to arrange an ambush on him today.

However, Pat suddenly saw Old Pierre take out a glass bottle from somewhere. Although the glass bottle was precious, he also had it. But the clean liquid in the glass bottle made Pat's eyes widen. Such a large bottle of pure water was not something that Old Pierre could easily take out. It seemed that this nobleman was really powerful.

Thinking of this, Pat's face darkened. Although he no longer took any nobles seriously, his plan had not yet started. If a noble intervened in this matter, he would be helpless.

But soon, Pat made up his mind. He immediately put on a smile and said to Old Pierre, "If there is such a good thing, you should write to tell me, and we won't have to sit here like today."

Old Pierre's smile widened: "What are you talking about? Didn't you come all the way here today to see your uncle?"

The smile on Pat's face froze slightly: "Yeah, I haven't visited Uncle Pierre for a long time."

Old Pierre laughed and took out a dry green fruit from his pocket and handed it to Pat: "Here, this is my uncle's private collection. You can eat one first."

Pat was in a daze for a moment, but then he took the fruit with a stiff smile: "Thank you so much, uncle."

Perhaps the distinguished guest was really delayed on the road, or perhaps the distinguished guest was too arrogant and did not take the two little nobles seriously at all. As the sun was about to set, no one came yet.

Pat gritted his teeth and called his men together: "How much more do we have to carry?"

One of them said, "There are only three lizards left."

Pat looked at one of the city defense soldiers and said, "Dave, take all the lizards and march back quickly. Tell the butler that the plan has been moved up to tonight."

Although Dave didn't know what the plan was, he nodded, took the lizard handed to him by his companion, put it in his bag, turned around and left.

Old Pierre saw the situation and gave Pat a questioning look. Pat just smiled and explained casually, "Now it seems that I will have to bother my uncle here all night. After all, I left in a hurry. If I don't come back all night, I'm afraid someone will worry, so I asked Dave to go back and report it."

Old Pierre smiled and nodded when he heard this. Everyone knew what Pat was here for. If they didn't send someone back to report the news and the city lord didn't come back all night, there might be trouble.

He wanted to use Li Zhuoguang's power to help him, but he didn't expect that before the real owner showed up, Pat would give in just based on the distilled liquor given by the other party. Having a great noble as a backer can really save a lot of trouble.

Old Pierre also knew that Pat had mistaken distilled liquor for pure water, but since he had already aroused the other party's suspicion, there was no need to let him know too much.

So Old Pierre carefully put away the bottle and changed the subject: "I heard that things are not going well in Wangya City recently. If you have any difficulties, you can tell your uncle. Even if your uncle can't handle it, he can try to ask that gentleman for help."

Pat's eyes fixed, and he thought of something. He raised his head and said to Old Pierre with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, I have my own difficulties..."

(End of this chapter)