"Elder Brother!! What do you mean by this?!"
After Puyang Duan left, the other young men finally could not hold back.
The short young man who spoke was named Yan Zheng, and their leader was his older cousin, Yan Cong.
Yan Cong looked at his younger cousin, then at Zhu Mai, who was closest to him, and said, "Come home with me first. I'll tell you there."
The group headed toward Yan Cong's residence. As soon as they returned, Yan Cong shut the door.
He looked coldly at the two before him. "If we stay in the Wu Kingdom, all we can do is wait to die."
"Never mind whether we can finish in three months. Even if we do, what of it?"
"If we finish, Puyang Duan gets the rewards. If we fail, we get the punishment."
"Do you think this will change Puyang Xing and the others' attitude toward us?"
His words startled his cousin. Yan Zheng hurriedly asked, "Elder Brother, surely you're not thinking of..."
"That's right. I intend to defect to Wei!"
"We have no distinguished offices, much less any reputation. If we simply flee to Wei, we won't be entrusted with anything important. But we have warships under our command. If we take a fleet with us to Wei, we'll surely receive tremendous rewards!"
Zhu Mai was a little frightened now. He said, "Elder Brother, but if we're exposed..."
Yan Cong said displeasedly, "Could we end up any worse off than we are now?"
"Even a wastrel who has never earned a shred of merit dares heap insults on us. We fought barbarians and took heads back then. Wasn't that dangerous too?"
"Puyang Xing has gone too far! I'll seize his son and take him with me to submit to Great Wei!"
"And one day,