The meeting was held in the Gobi Desert near Baldwin's camp.
Lin Mo chose this location because he wanted to demonstrate his "sincerity!"
With the Crusader camp next door, Baldwin wouldn't have any security concerns.
At the same time, Lin Mo arrived a little earlier than the agreed time.
The scorching sun made Lin Mo extremely thirsty.
Therefore, he simply carried a whole barrel of water and drank it down in large gulps.
"Ah... the familiar taste, the familiar packaging, it's fucking thirst-quenching..."
Unbeknownst to Lin Mo, just as he was gulping down bottled water, Baldwin and Raymond, leading their crusaders, appeared right where he was looking!
Baldwin was completely devastated!
He and his crusaders had been thirsty all day and almost couldn't resist drinking horse urine!
The next second, something happened that almost made Bob Win faint from anger.
Lin Mo forced a smile, "Want a bucket? It's free! But it's not very tasty!"
Raymond was stunned. "Your Versailles move is so damn infuriating!"
“No need!” Baldwin replied, barely suppressing his emotions.
Just as Raymond was about to make some opening remarks, Lin Mo shocked them once again.
Lin Mo kicked the spurs and strode forward.
"Your Majesty Baldwin, are you ill?"
Baldwin, "???"
Raymond nearly fell off his horse. "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"
“You’re sick, but I have the cure!” Lin Mo replied.
As he spoke, he reached for his chest and pulled out a plastic medicine bottle.
"Here, take this. This stuff is a cure for leprosy!"
Baldwin, "!!!"
Raymond, "..."
"Your Highness, we came here to negotiate peace, why are you..." He was almost speechless.
"What peace talks? We're here to make friends!" Lin Mo retorted. "The Lord said that all Christians throughout the world are brothers!"
Raymond, "!!!"
Is this in the Bible? Have I lost my memory?
But why did Raymond find those words so comforting?
"Hehe!" Lin Mo laughed. "When I was traveling around the world, I heard that His Majesty Baldwin was unwell, so I specially sought out famous doctors throughout the Great Xia Dynasty and found a special medicine to treat leprosy."
Baldwin, "..."
"What, you still don't believe me?" Lin Mo frowned. "Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae."
This bottle contains dapsone, and this one contains rifampin, which is remarkably effective in treating leprosy!
The treatment course lasts 12 to 18 months.
Guaranteed to cure the disease!
"I redeemed this from the system; it cost me a lot of faith points!" Lin Mo thought to himself.
I'm numb!
Baldwin and Raymond were completely dumbfounded!
Let's set aside whether this medicine is actually effective.
You, Lin Mo, are so kind? I heard Baldwin has leprosy, so you're searching for famous doctors to get medicine for me?
Such kindness, such boundless love!
Baldwin couldn't take it anymore!
But at a time like this, faced with Lin Mo's immense kindness...
Baldwin couldn't possibly refuse!
They came to negotiate; you can't hit someone who's smiling.
Lin Mo kindly offered you this special medicine, you can't possibly refuse, right?
At Baldwin's instruction, Raymond immediately stepped forward and respectfully accepted the two bottles of medicine.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"You're welcome!" Lin Mo smiled. "By the way, Your Highness Baldwin, have you made up your mind?"
“I am deeply sorry, Your Highness Regent of Great Xia!” Baldwin bowed his head in greeting. “How can you prove that you are not lying to us? To my knowledge, there is no priest named you in the Holy See!”
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo's expression immediately changed. "What, f***!" he cursed. "So you didn't come here to negotiate? Evidence? What evidence do you need?"
"Would you only believe it if Saladin defecated on your head?"
Seeing Lin Mo's anger, Raymond panicked. "Your Highness! His Majesty the King didn't mean that!" he explained. "He just wanted to clarify things. After all... just two days ago, we were enemies!"
Lin Mo ignored him and shouted, "He's a bastard after all, what's the point of figuring things out! Enough talk, let's fight! You heretics who have no God in your hearts deserve to go to hell!"
This lightning-fast reversal left Baldwin completely stunned.
Raymond was even more panicked. "No, Your Highness, please let me explain!"
Lin Mo turned his head arrogantly, mimicking the demeanor of an Earth fairy, "This king will not listen!"
After saying that, he turned his horse around and prepared to leave.
Upon seeing this, Baldwin panicked.
Today's peace talks are fundamentally unfair.
The scales of victory have tipped completely in favor of Great Xia, and the life and death of the Crusaders are firmly in Lin Mo's hands.
Baldwin doesn't have many bargaining chips!
At that moment, Baldwin immediately recognized the situation and said, "Your Highness, please wait!"
"Yes, Your Highness, please wait!"
Hearing this, Lin Mo pulled on the reins and stopped. "Is there anything else to add?"
"Your Highness, we are willing to join you in defeating Saladin and the heretics!" Baldwin finally relented.
Lin Mo turned his head. "Really? Nobody forced you!"
“It’s true!” Raymond exclaimed. “Saladin is our enemy. He and his troops deserve to go to hell!”
"Yes, yes!" Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction. "Then you two can go back now, reorganize the army, and set out for Shu early tomorrow morning to wipe out Saladin!"
"Tomorrow?" Baldwin hesitated, then trailed off. "Tomorrow might not be..."
"Don't worry, I will have someone send water over this afternoon!" Lin Mo said with a smile.
"This..." Baldwin was both surprised and delighted! "Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Don't thank me yet! There are conditions!" Lin Mo said, "I require you to act as the vanguard of Great Xia, to catch up with Saladin's troops before us..."
“Vanguard?” Raymond frowned.
"What, afraid you can't win?"
“No, no!” Raymond said repeatedly.
How could I possibly back down at a time like this!
"That's good, it's decided then!" Lin Mo said. "But, this is the first condition."
"Are there any other conditions?"
"Nonsense!" Lin Mo said, "The second condition. Sir Raymond, His Majesty Baldwin, I require that you two serve as my advisors until the end of the war, remaining by my side at all times!"
Baldwin, "..."
This isn't a strategist, this is a hostage!
Meanwhile, the eerie smile on Lin Mo's face as he spoke sent chills down Baldwin's spine!
"So? These are the two conditions. Do you agree or not?" Lin Mo pressed.
Am I allowed to refuse? Baldwin was stunned.
"Agreed!" he announced reluctantly.
Hearing this, Lin Mo was extremely excited.
"Hehehe, five-star soul spirit in hand!" he thought to himself!
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