The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1332: Fu Zhu
Chapter 1332 Execution
Bai Qingyan, who was full of questions like Lu Jin, stood up suddenly when he saw this so-called Yan State guard. His inappropriate behavior surprised Lu Jin and the Dali Temple Minister.
“Your Majesty?” Lu Jin asked softly.
But Bai Qingyan seemed not to have heard it and stared at the “assassin”.
When the blood-covered “assassin” stepped over the threshold of the hall, he saw Bai Qingyan’s shocked expression, and suddenly withdrew his gaze and dared not look at him again. He knelt in the middle of the bright hall, lowered his head, as if trying to hide his face.
Bai Qingyan clenched his fists tightly at his side, then walked out from behind the table and went straight towards the “assassin” who was kneeling in the center of the hall. Lu Jin and the Dali Temple Minister didn’t understand what was going on, so they hurried forward, fearing that the “assassin” would hurt Bai Qingyan.
“Your Majesty!” Lu Jin protected Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan waved to General Gao, took two steps forward, and looked at the “assassin” with red eyes, who was lowering his head and covered in blood.
The “assassin” in front of him was none other than the deputy general of Bai Qingyan’s second uncle Bai Qiying… Gao Yuxing, the Wuwei general of the Bai family army, who lost his life while trying to return the marching records for the Bai family army… his uncle.
“General Gao…” Bai Qingyan leaned over to help Gao Yuxing up.
Gao Yuxing endured the pain in his body and took two steps back on his knees. He raised his shackled hands with difficulty, clasped his fists and said, “The Emperor of Great Zhou has recognized the wrong person.”
Lu Jin and the Dali Temple Minister were both stunned.
Gao Yuxing’s voice was as hoarse as Ayu’s. Like Ayu, his throat seemed damaged by smoke, and even sounded worse than Ayu’s.
Gao Yuxing and his second uncle Bai Qiying are close friends. Since he is not from Dadu, he seldom comes to Dadu, but he is loyal to his second uncle Bai Qiying.
Seeing the burn marks on Gao Yuxing’s face, which almost ruined his once handsome appearance, she felt heartbroken.
In the battle of Southern Xinjiang, everyone thought that Gao Yuxing and his second uncle died in Southern Xinjiang together.
Bai Qingyan insisted on stepping forward, kneeling on one knee, holding Gao Yuxing’s bloody arm tightly with both hands: “General Gao, every comrade in the Bai Family Army… who has fought with Bai Qingyan in the bloody battles, Bai Qingyan will not admit his mistake!”
Seeing Bai Qingyan kneeling on one knee like this, Lu Jin, the Dali Temple Minister, Wei Zhong and a group of eunuchs in the hall knelt hurriedly.
Gao Yuxing gritted his teeth. When he heard Bai Qing talk about the Bai Family Army… the three words “fought together in blood” and “comrades in arms”, he could hardly control his emotions and tears welled up.
“Wei Zhong! Send someone to quickly invite Doctor Huang over!” Bai Qingyan shouted, holding back the tears that were welling up in her eyes.
Gao Yuxing knelt and retreated again, leaving a bloody mark on the ground. He kowtowed again: “The Emperor of Great Zhou has recognized the wrong person. I am the bodyguard of the uncle of the King of Yan. I followed the uncle’s order to assassinate the important officials of the court of Great Zhou. I am willing to be executed. I beg the Emperor of Great Zhou to grant my wish.”
Not knowing why Gao Yuxing was unwilling to admit his identity, Bai Qingyan gritted his teeth, thinking that Gao Yuxing had some unspeakable secrets, and turned around and ordered: “Wei Zhong, please invite the two adults to the side hall for tea first…”
The meaning of this was that he wanted to have a private talk with Gao Yuxing. Lu Jin and the Dali Temple Minister understood and quickly bowed and left the hall.
The Dali Temple Minister was sweating all over his forehead. As soon as he left the hall, he asked Lu Jin: “Lord Lu, who is this assassin? When you interrogated him… you didn’t find out anything? It seems that your majesty and this assassin are old acquaintances.”
Lu Jin shook his head and said, “Just wait, this matter will eventually come to an end. The regent of Yan will come over soon, and there will be an explanation for what happened.”
The Dali Temple Minister nodded and followed Wei Zhong to the side hall to wait.
Inside the main hall.
Bai Qingyan still knelt on one knee, and with red eyes she looked at General Gao Yuxing, whom she once regarded as her elder. “General Gao, there are only two of us left in this hall. Why is General Gao still alive but not coming back? When I ascended the throne… and announced it to the world, it was for us to have the Bai Family Army come back with dignity! Why… why didn’t you come back?”
Her choked voice made Gao Yuxing’s eyes red. He slowly raised his head to look at Bai Qingyan, his lips pursed, and he spoke after a while: “Little Bai Marshal, Gao Yuxing… I feel ashamed to the chief commander and the deputy commander. I failed to… protect the Second Master and Ah Qiong. I am too ashamed to come back.”
The call of “Xiao Baishuai” almost made Bai Qingyan burst into tears.
She held Gao Yuxing’s arm tightly and shook her head: “Nothing can make us, the Bai family army, happier than General Gao’s return! But since General Gao is back, why doesn’t he go to the Bai Mansion, but instead wants to assassinate Liu Rushi?”
Bai Qingyan did not forget that Liu Rushi told her that the person who assassinated him did not seem to want his life.
If the people from the Bai family army come back, they will definitely know to go to the Bai Mansion to look for the Bai family, or… go to southern Xinjiang to look for the Bai family army.
The reason why Bai Qingyan later decided to let Lupin stay in the Bai Mansion was because he was afraid that the old members of the Bai family army would come back but have no way to return home, so he did not take down the Bai family plaque, and the Bai family has always been there.
“Marshal Bai, the Great Zhou is now strong and has trapped its main force in Xiliang. It has also stationed troops on the border of Yan State and is ready to march westward at any time… to destroy Yan! This is the best opportunity given to us by God to unify the world… to fulfill the wishes of the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief and the Bai family army!” Gao Yuxing’s voice was hoarse and unpleasant, but very firm. “But the Yan State used the people’s peace and the lives of the soldiers, which Marshal Bai cares about most, to threaten Marshal Bai to agree to their strategy of gambling with the country. This is clearly a delaying strategy because they are afraid of the country’s demise!”
“If General Xiao Bai doesn’t agree, it means that he doesn’t care about the sacrifice of the people or the life and death of the soldiers for his own achievements. If he puts such a big accusation on you, the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be afraid of what people say… Even if they don’t want to agree, they must agree to this strategy of gambling with the country!” Gao Yuxing gritted his teeth, “Gao Yuxing will never let the evil plan of the little emperor of Yan succeed even if he sacrifices his life!”
Originally, Gao Yuxing knew that Queen Dowager Yan stabbed Bai Qingyu in the back when Yan State and Great Zhou formed an alliance, causing her life and death to be unknown. So Gao Yuxing planned to make a desperate attempt to avenge Bai Qingyu. He used his skills to enter the Zhong family, ready to find a chance to win the favor of Zhong Xingxiao and become his bodyguard, so that he could have a chance to get close to Queen Dowager Yan and take her life.
Later, knowing that Bai Qingyu was safe, he heaved a sigh of relief and planned to assist the Great Zhou army that was about to invade Yan State. Unexpectedly, Zhong Xingxiao began to gather experts to escort him to the Great Zhou.
Of course, Gao Yuxing also found out clearly the purpose of the mission to Da Zhou.
Gao Yuxing was filled with anger when he learned that the Regent and Zhong Xingxiao were planning to use the peace of the people and the reluctance to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers as an excuse to come up with some plan to gamble with the country.