The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1280: go home
Chapter 1280 Return Home
If we really count according to the order in which the armies entered the city, then Bai Qingqi of the Great Zhou should have been the first to lead his men into the Yunjing Palace. After all, it was the Bai family army of the Great Zhou who controlled the city gate of the palace first.
Seeing Xiao Rongyan leaving in a huff, Murong Ping also followed his uncle out. The Yan generals surrounded Xie Xun and asked him to speak a few good words to their Ninth Prince. Yun Jing could not give in.
Xie Xun only said: “The Ninth Prince has given the order, and we will obey it! The Ninth Prince’s heart is for the world, so our Yan State must never lose faith in the world! Everyone…you must broaden your horizons and vision.”
After saying that, Xie Xun bowed to the generals and left.
“Thank you, General! Thank you, General!”
When the Yan generals saw that Xie Xun did not even turn his head, they were furious and threatened to submit a memorial to the Queen Mother who was in Yandu.
That afternoon, the people Xiao Rongyan sent to look for Bai Jinse finally found Bai Jinse and the wolf-like little boy drinking water by the river in the suburbs.
Bai Jinse had just scooped up the water and was about to drink it without caring whether it was clean or not, when the little boy pulled Bai Jinse’s arm and hid behind a tree. Not long after, a group of people were seen coming along the river.
Bai Jinse, who was hiding behind a tree, saw that the visitor was wearing the clothes of a Yan soldier and was not in a hurry to come out.
She saw the soldiers also dismounted to drink water, and during the chase they were discussing how long it would take to catch up with the refugees, and how long it would take to rescue the Seventh Girl of the Bai Family, to make up for the mistake of General Chu in betraying his ally, the State of Zhou.
Bai Jinse also heard that some people in that group guessed that the Great Zhou and the Yan Kingdom had already invaded Yunjing, but they didn’t know whether Yunjing would eventually belong to their Yan Kingdom or the Great Zhou.
The leading general drank some water, asked everyone to fill up their water bags, and then ordered the soldiers to mount their horses. The sooner they caught up with the refugees, the less danger the Seventh Miss Bai would be in.
Bai Jinse observed these soldiers for a while, hesitated for a moment, then came out from behind the tree and revealed her identity: “I am the seventh girl of the Bai family…”
Originally, Bai Jinse didn’t want the Yan soldiers to take her back. After all, after the destruction of Xiliang, the Great Zhou and the Yan would be in opposition. What if the Yan took her back quietly as a hostage?
But they had no food left. If they continued walking in the wilderness like this, they would not have the strength to escape if they encountered refugees. They had finally managed to escape, but they might end up becoming someone else’s meal again.
After repeated consideration, Bai Jinse still felt that saving her life was the most important thing.
Besides…it is not certain that Yan State would take her as a hostage. After all, it was Yan State’s fault for betraying the Great Zhou and causing her to be captured by refugees. According to the eldest sister’s protection of her younger brothers and sisters, and the arrangement of the situation and war between the two countries, if Yan State cannot find her, it is probably afraid that the Great Zhou will use this as an excuse to send troops to Yan State and complete the unification of the world.
Now the main force of Yan State is in Yunjing. If the Great Zhou really wants to attack Yan State, it will transfer the troops stationed in the two countries directly to Yandu, and then control the main force of Yan State in Xiliang. Even if Yan State does not perish in this battle, it will be crippled, especially when Yan State is so short of food now.
Therefore, Bai Jinse bet that the seemingly wise and intelligent Ninth Prince of Great Yan would never take the risk of gambling the entire Yan Kingdom in order to control her. It was not worth it.
After the two countries destroyed Xiliang, what Yan should have done was to try its best not to provoke Da Zhou, and then recuperate and accumulate strength for the future war with Da Zhou.
After weighing the pros and cons, Bai Jinse decided to stand up and return to Yunjing with those Yan soldiers.
The Yan generals looked at Bai Jinse, and then saw a dirty little boy following Bai Jinse. They immediately dismounted from their horses, saluted Bai Jinse, helped Bai Jinse back on their horses, and asked Bai Jinse what they wanted to do with the boy.
Bai Jinse looked at the boy standing there, looking at him with a pair of dark pupils, and stretched out his hand to the boy: “Do you want to go home with me? I am from the Great Zhou…”
The boy stood still, and after a while he slowly moved to Bai Jinse’s side, grabbed Bai Jinse’s hand with his dirty little hand, and held it tightly.
The Yan army standing nearby picked up the boy and placed him behind Bai Jinse, and asked in a low voice: “Seventh Miss, can you ride a horse?”
“How far is it from Yunjing?” Bai Jinse asked.
“Seventh Miss, it’s still about a day and a night’s journey!” said the Yan army soldier.
“Did you bring some dry food?” Bai Jinse was so hungry that her stomach ached, and she thought the boy must be the same.
Hearing this, the soldiers of Yan army hurriedly took out the bag of dry food and handed it to Bai Jinse.
Bai Jinse handed two bags of dried fruits to the boy behind her and said, “Eat some first! Let’s hurry back. I don’t want my brothers and sisters to worry.”
The little boy untied the string of the dry food bag, and with his dirty little hands, he took out a piece of salted elephant jerky and put it to Bai Jinse’s mouth.
Bai Jinse took the meat by the reins with one hand and saw the boy tearing the meat with his teeth. He looked extremely hungry and said to him, “When we get back… I’ll have my brother send someone to take you home!”
The boy was stunned when he heard this, with a piece of dried meat still in the corner of his mouth. Before he could say anything, Bai Jinse had already kicked the horse’s belly and rushed out.
Bai Jinse was already eager to go home at this moment. She didn’t know how worried her brothers and sisters must be during the days she was missing.
Because Bai Jinse didn’t know what the current situation of Yunjing was, and was worried that there might be some things she hadn’t taken into consideration, and the Ninth Prince of Yan would know that she had been found, and use her to compete with Da Zhou for Yunjing, so she prepared to force these Yan soldiers to go with her all the way, and not allow these Yan soldiers to go back and report the news in advance.
Who would have thought that less than half a cup of tea later, when Shen Qingzhu rode Bai Jinse and followed his fifth brother out of the Great Zhou military camp, the blood horse ridden by his fifth brother caught up with them from behind…
Shen Qingzhu had already caught up with the group of refugees. He found out from them that Bai Jinse had escaped, and then went all the way back to look for her. Unexpectedly, the Yan army found Bai Jinse first.
Bai Jinse saw Shen Qingzhu who came to look for her, and she felt relieved. Shen Qingzhu saw that Bai Jinse was wearing thin clothes, so he untied his cloak and put it on Bai Jinse.
Bai Jinse did not refuse. She looked at Shen Qingzhu who was tying the cloak for her and asked, “Sister Qingzhu, what is the situation in Yunjing now? Have we conquered Yunjing?”
“I don’t know the situation in Yunjing. After the Seventh Miss disappeared, I originally planned to go to Yunjing City to look for her, but then I saw the Fifth Master’s horse.” Shen Qingzhu touched the precious horse he was sitting on and said, “I followed the horse to a place where the refugees passed by, and the horse started to neigh non-stop…”