Chapter 36

The Siamese emperor's intention in sending these people was obvious: he wanted them to negotiate with Li Zhi, to save either the Siamese imperial palace or their Mu Cha clan.

In the end, they even claimed to be descendants of Chinese people, saying that Li Zhi and the others were family.

Li Zhi kept shaking his head when he heard this. He did not believe a single word of such nonsense.

Although the Mu Cha clan had once descended from China's Cao clan, after hundreds of years of division, their appearance and way of life had become completely different from those of China.

Not to mention that Li Zhi would never regard these people as family—even the Cao clan of the Tang Dynasty would not consider the Siamese Mu Cha clan their kin.

By the time these people arrived in Siam, they had already changed their surname from Cao to Mu Cha. No one could possibly still regard them as sharing the same surname.

Xue Guiren looked disdainfully at the Siamese men. As he drank, he asked:

"Are you threatening us? Do you really think you can withstand the Tang Dynasty's attack?"

"We are attacking Siam now because you provoked us first, and because you Siamese wanted this. You have no chance."

"If all of you come out and surrender now, perhaps we will only seize a few of your leaders and release everyone else without dispute. Furthermore, you may once again become part of the China family, become subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and reclaim the surname Cao."

Li Zhi did not think much of these Siamese people, and neither did Xue Guiren.

Moreover, Xue Guiren had never been afraid of something like negotiations.

Although conquering Siam would be easy, Xue Guiren would naturally prefer to take all of