Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1224: Challenge!

Chapter 1224: Challenge!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Not long after King Qi's lackey departed, a loud voice rang out from the crowd. "Minister of Ceremonies Zhou Taiqin pays respects to Lord Marquis!"

Wang Chong suddenly stopped and turned toward the voice.

The crowd parted to allow a man with a composed expression, his robes flapping in the air, to stride forward.

At almost the same moment, another figure began to follow him.

"Assistant Minister of Revenue Zheng Chengli pays respects to Lord Marquis!"

These two had been waiting in the back of the crowd for some time, and it was only now that they chose to confidently stride out. The sound of these two names caught everyone by surprise.

"Milords, there is no need for such courtesy!" Wang Chong indifferently said to the pair.

All was quiet for a moment. Zhou Taiqin and Zheng Chengli quietly inspected Wang Chong while Wang Chong did the same to this pair of ministers.

In the Battle of Talas, Abu Muslim and Qutaybah, commanding an army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, were marching eastward. At this crucial moment, Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi had almost died because they were lacking in soldiers. And on the topic of sending reinforcements, the loudest voices of opposition had been Zhou Taiqin and Zheng Chengli.

If not for Jiang Yunrang and Cao Qianzong strenuously arguing the other position, and Wang Chong's grandfather Duke Jiu emerging to save the day, all of the Great Tang from the Western Regions to Longxi would probably be in the hands of Arabia by now.

"Young Marquis has achieved unrivalled merit in the west and has been made King of Foreign Lands by His Majesty, an unprecedented show of favor. And on Lord Marquis's return to the capital, more than half of the officials of the Imperial Court and all the noble clans have come out to welcome you. But I cannot help but ask this question. In the bitter fighting over Talas and the additional Battle of Khorasan, the Great Tang lost more than one hundred thousand soldiers. And for these

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