"Quickly, untie the Han envoy!"
The Minister of Internal Affairs hurriedly ordered the guards to untie Cui Lin and explained to Huang Zhong, "The Han envoy refused to come with us and kept trying to kill himself along the way."
"We truly had no other choice. We had to tie him up to keep him safe, not out of any deliberate disrespect."
The moment Cui Lin was untied, he scrambled to his feet. Without stopping to speak to Huang Zhong, he strode forward, seized the Minister of Internal Affairs by the collar, and demanded furiously, "Weren't you going to kill me? Why haven't you?"
He had been bound and forcibly brought here, unable even to seek death. He was so furious that he wished he could devour the Minister of Internal Affairs alive!
The Minister of Internal Affairs said in terror, "You must be joking, honored envoy. You are an esteemed envoy of Great Han. How would we dare kill you?"
"You-!"
Cui Lin was beside himself with rage.
Watching this, Guo Jia roughly understood what had happened. He stepped forward and said to Cui Lin, "Brother Deru, I'm glad you're unharmed."
"His Majesty has decreed that Goguryeo is territory of our Huaxia that has fallen beyond our borders, and ordered us to dispatch troops immediately to reclaim it."
"We were just worrying about your safety."
Guo Jia briefly explained the Son of Heaven's decree. Cui Lin's expression shifted, and he said incredulously, "Wh-what?"
Clearly, he too had been shocked by the claim that "Goguryeo is Huaxia's territory."
How had he never heard of this?
"Please don't send troops!"
The Minister of Internal Affairs was frightened out of his wits. He dropped to his knees with a thud and said with a mournful face, "Goguryeo truly has no intention of