The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 202: All-powerful
Chapter 202: Heavenly Power
But no matter whether the Xiao Rongyan in front of him is real or fake, since he has bought him, he will definitely repay Xiao Rongyan for this favor, but… he must not involve the Bai family.
Born in an aristocratic family, maintaining the family’s interests and dignity is more important to Bai Qingjue and his family than their lives. Therefore, no one in the Bai family would drag the family into it to repay the favor just because they themselves have received a favor from someone.
Xiao Rongyan was quite surprised. He smiled and did not take the cup of tea. He asked, “How do you plan to return it, sir?”
Bai Qingjue said firmly, “Sir, I will return the money you paid for my ransom tenfold! I am willing to do three things for you… After doing three things, I will leave.”
The Bai family has the Bai family’s character. Xiao Rongyan has also experienced the gratitude from Bai Qingyan.
Even so, Xiao Rongyan did not force it. He raised his hand to take the teacup from Bai Qingjue’s hand, as if to agree. He smiled and asked, “Then…how should I address you, sir?”
“Wang Qijue.” Bai Qingjue said.
Bai Qingjue is the seventh child in the Bai family. His mother’s surname is Wang, so he was given the name Wang Qijue. After he paid off the debt he owed to Xiao Rongyan for this name… he would no longer have anything to do with him.
“Okay, Master Qijue will be my personal bodyguard from today on. Once you complete these three tasks… and return the silver, Master Qijue can leave on his own.”
As he spoke, Xiao Rongyan drank the tea in the cup and asked someone to take Bai Qingjue to rest.
The situation in Jin State is complicated now, so it would be better for the young master of the Bai family not to go back for the time being. If the crown prince or the emperor of Jin State gets to know about it, it might be bad for the widow of the Bai family.
However, it would be good to at least send a message to Bai Qingyan first to make her feel at ease.
After Bai Qingjue left, Xiao Rongyan called Wang Jiuzhou and asked Wang Jiuzhou to invite a doctor to check on Bai Qingjue.
Wang Jiuzhou understood that his master valued the young man, so he nodded and said, “Master, when the young man came with me, he left a mark on the road. I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t notice it, and it was our secret guards who found it.”
Xiao Rongyan raised his eyebrows and nodded to show that he understood.
“Master, do you want to erase the mark?” Wang Jiuzhou asked.
“No need…it’s okay.” Xiao Rongyan said.
No wonder he was not in a hurry to return to Jin State. I think the young master of the Bai family was not sure about the situation in Jin State at the moment and did not dare to go back rashly. Secondly, he left a mark and waited for the people of the Bai family to find him. He was indeed a very smart and patient person.
He is about sixteen years old. Although Xiao Rongyan can’t say which son of the Bai family he is, he is definitely a descendant of the Bai family. If Bai Qingyan knew about this, he would definitely be very happy.
Xiao Rongyan placed a piece on the chessboard, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips, he put the remaining chess pieces in his hand into the chess box, stood up and walked to the desk, spread out the letter paper, picked up the pen in his left hand and slowly wrote, then blew dry the ink and put it into the envelope, and asked someone to call the guard who sent the horse to Bai Qingyan last time, and asked him to ride as fast as possible to deliver the letter to Bai Qingyan.
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At dawn on the second day, the morning light penetrated the vaguely rolling sea of clouds and shone obliquely on the outlines of the vast and majestic mountains in the distance. The light rose with the rising sun… along the Jing River, which flows rapidly from west to east, moving towards the Jin army camp and the Xiliang army camp, gradually driving away the darkness.
A group of people suddenly appeared from the Xiliang camp on the south bank of the Jing River, which had been quiet for several days. They ran straight to the edge of the Jing River and shouted that they wanted to see Bai Qingyan. The one standing in the front on horseback was Yun Poxing.
Now Yun Poxing’s knee bones are broken and he can no longer stand, but he still has feeling in his legs and feet, and people around him can’t see any flaws when he rides a horse.
Yun Poxing looked into the distance at his son’s head hanging high in the Jin army camp. He clenched his teeth and his eyes turned red, but after a moment, the surging emotions sank as if they were poured into a basin of cold water.
There is a saying that goes…God will punish you for what you have done.
He killed Bai Weiting, and hung the head of Bai Weiting’s son in his camp to encourage the morale of the Xiliang warriors. Unexpectedly… things turned around, and Bai Weiting’s granddaughter killed his son and grandson, and hung his son’s head high in the Jin army camp.
Yun Poxing closed his eyes, and his pupils moved, as if hot tears were flowing down the wrinkles on his face.
Bai Qingyan, who was sitting in the general’s tent, heard that Yun Poxing wanted to see her. She thought for a moment and laughed softly, “I think the food and grass from Xiliang will arrive today, so… Yun Poxing has the courage to come to me to negotiate terms.”
The enemy is numerous and we are few, this is Bai Qingyan’s biggest weakness. The burned food and grass are not enough to support the troops, this is Yun Poxing’s weakness.
Therefore, Yun Poxing refused to fight, and Bai Qingyan kept his troops in place, facing the Xiliang army across the river.
Yun Poxing didn’t dare to discuss terms with Bai Qingyan before because only the grain and grass from Xiliang had arrived… Yun Poxing had the confidence to fight if the negotiations failed.
But Bai Qingyan had already sent Shen Liangyu to lead the Tiger Eagle Camp to keep an eye on the Xiliang military camp. Apart from the messengers coming from the direction of Xiliang, no food or fodder was seen entering the camp.
Moreover, after the Xiliang grain and grass were burned, smoke from cooking fires was only seen once a day in the camp, so the food shortage must have reached an imminent point.
Bai Qingyan can conclude that food and grass from Xiliang will arrive today.
She walked quickly to the sand table and looked closely at the map of the nearby mountains.
Before, she had people set up an ambush at the Camel Hump Canyon Road to cut off the food supplies of the Xiliang Army, but at that time the Xiliang Army was at Tianmen Pass, so the fastest way to deliver food supplies was to go through the Camel Hump Canyon Road.
Now that the Xiliang army has retreated to the other side of the Jing River, the Xiliang army needs to transport food and fodder quickly…they can only go through the Chuanling Mountains, which is where her grandfather was buried.
She subconsciously clenched her fists and said, “Bai Jinzhi, tell Shen Liangyu to lead the Tiger Eagle Camp to set up an ambush in the Chuanling Mountains and burn all the food and grass in Xiliang! You go with Shen Liangyu!”
Bai Jinzhi originally wanted to follow his elder sister to protect her safety, but when he thought that his elder sister and Yun Poxing were separated by a river and it should not be a big deal, he obeyed the order and left the camp.
Without food and grass, unless Yun Poxing can create some food and grass, the hungry soldiers… won’t be able to win the battle.
Not long after, Bai Qingyan rode out of the Dajin military camp with a team on horseback and headed straight for the Jing River.
When Yun Poxing, who was riding on a horse, saw Bai Qingyan, he immediately thought of his dead son and grandson, and could not help but feel grief and anger boiling. But then he thought that Bai Qingyan’s grandfather, father, uncle and brothers all died at his hands, and he felt somewhat happy.
Yun Poxing turned his head and said to the soldier beside him, “Send someone to cross the river and tell Bai Qingyan that I want to meet with her. She can choose the place.”
After receiving the order, a Xiliang soldier paddled a raft across the river alone.
Xiao Ruojiang raised his hand, and the archers immediately protected Bai Qingyan, raised their bows and aimed at the Xiliang soldiers crossing the river.
“There’s no need to do that. Only one soldier from Xiliang has come. Are you still afraid that the soldier from Xiliang has any extraordinary abilities?” Bai Qingyan looked at Yun Poxing in a very calm voice.