The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 250: a dog
Chapter 250 A Dog
Ji Langhua was very emotional, pointing at the foreigners who spread the rumor that Bai Qingyan was bellicosous and bloodthirsty: “Have you ever fought in the battlefield for the people of Jin?! With 50,000 troops against 100,000 troops, do you dare to leave 100,000 surrendered soldiers?! If you say you dare! I will take you to chase the prince’s carriage today, and let you state your good strategy of winning with 50,000 against 100,000… and retaining 100,000 surrendered soldiers and winning! If you say you dare! I, Ji Langhua, will die to apologize to you! Do you dare or not?!”
The people who were sent by Ren Shijie to spread the news that Bai Qingyan was warmongering and bloodthirsty panicked and wanted to retreat, but they were pointed at by Ji Langhua and stopped by the angry people of Feng County. They could not escape even if they wanted to.
“Killing 100,000 surrendered soldiers to avenge the Bai family… That’s bullshit! Those 100,000 surrendered soldiers were killed by General Bai for the people of our border Jin! The people of Xiliang are warlike by nature. In all these years, when hasn’t Xiliang repeatedly invaded Jin and the two countries, the war started? Keeping those 100,000 surrendered soldiers of Xiliang… Once General Bai retreats, they will surely come back. By then, Jin will have no way to resist the soldiers of Xiliang. Aren’t we poor people going to die? Aren’t your wives and daughters going to be humiliated?! What’s wrong with the God of Killing?! The God of Killing is the patron saint of the border people of our Jin! General Bai is the patron saint of the border people of our Jin!”
“I, Ji Langhua, am making this clear today. From now on, Cao’antang will no longer treat or prescribe medicine for anyone who says that Xiao Baishuai is cruel. We will never waste even a single medicinal ingredient on such a heartless person!”
Someone was deeply moved by Ji Langhua’s words, and shouted with emotion: “That’s right! What others say is their business. The people of Feng County were saved by General Bai and the Bai Army at the cost of their lives! We only believe in our savior!”
“If it weren’t for General Xiao Bai who burned and killed those 100,000 surrendered soldiers, we might not be able to return home now!” A man rolled up his sleeves, grabbed a man who spread rumors, and shouted, “These damn people must be spies from the enemy country. Let’s arrest them and bring them to the authorities to investigate their background!”
“What are you doing! You frontier barbarians! We are just passing merchants and we just said something casually! What are you doing?! Let go…let go! Is there any law here?”
Bai Jinzhi stood in front of the upstairs window, looking at Ji Langhua and the people who were dragging those troublemakers to see the officials. Her eyes were red. She turned her head to look at her elder sister, whose eyes were as calm as water, and choked up, “Eldest sister…”
“Yeah!” Bai Qingyan nodded, understanding that Bai Jinzhi was touched.
The people living in the border areas, who had suffered so much at Xiliang’s hands, were naturally not easily misled by those sent to spread rumors.
But the common people living in a peaceful and prosperous era might not think so. Since someone would come to Feng County to spread rumors…presumably, on her way back, more people would know that she killed the surrendered prisoners.
The battle in Southern Xinjiang defeated the coalition forces of Xiliang and Southern Yan. Whether it was the prince, the emperor, or Xiliang, they all wanted to use the burning and killing of surrendered prisoners to make other countries and the people think that she was bloodthirsty and tarnish the reputation of the Bai family’s benevolence.
God of Killing…what a big title.
It is not enough to publicize it in other countries, it is also necessary to publicize it in Jin State.
She could probably guess the prince’s intention. While discrediting the Bai family… he probably wanted to clear her name when she was infamous and despised by everyone, and then completely conquer her.
She narrowed her eyes. After all, when someone reached out to her in despair and gave her the greatest kindness, she would be extremely grateful and thankful.
The way the prince treated her in this life was similar to the way King Liang treated her in the previous life.
In fact, ever since the war in Southern Xinjiang was settled and Xiliang asked for peace, she had been wondering… If the royal family couldn’t tolerate someone as loyal as her grandfather, then what kind of subjects did they want?
She thought, what they wanted was a capable minister who could fight for them on the battlefield and protect their country, and this capable minister had to be extremely obedient to them… as loyal as a running dog, not to disobey, not to be greedy for power, not to seek fame, and certainly not to have any ambition or character. From hair to toes, he was completely concerned about their interests, and was proud to be a stepping stone for them at the cost of his life, and his heart and bones could only be filled with loyalty to them.
So loyal… If they wanted him to kill his son, he would offer his daughter’s head. If they wanted him to kill his father, he would put his parents’ heads in front of them, like a dog wagging its tail to beg for mercy, just to ask them to look at him and know his loyalty.
Oh……
Therefore, in the eyes of the emperor, the death of the Bai family was probably the Bai family’s own fault! In the eyes of Prince Xin, it was the Bai family who didn’t know what was good for them!
Because they have their own pride and do not flatter like the sycophants in the court.
Because what they have in their hearts are their country and the people, not the emperor.
Because their reputation surpassed that of the emperor, they dared not submit to being killed voluntarily.
The Bai family should blame themselves, that’s what the royal family thinks.
Born in the State of Jin and encountering such a royal family, she now has no room or ability to resist, but she cannot give up her integrity, ambition and dignity and become a dog.
So she could only play tricks on the prince and let him see a loyal minister who was loyal to him to the core but was always misunderstood by him because of her dignity!
In this way, the prince can be used by her.
“Let’s go, it’s time to catch up with the team!” Bai Qingyan turned and left the window.
Bai Jinzhi looked back and saw that Ji Langhua had already come down the stairs. She was about to follow the people to take those people who spread rumors to see the officials, so she hurried to catch up with her eldest sister.
After coming out of the restaurant, the long street was still noisy because of those “merchants” who spread rumors. Many people shouted that they would go to the government office to sue these people and find out whether those who slandered General Xiao Bai were spies from the enemy country.
Seeing that her elder sister pretended to be deaf and jumped onto the horse, Bai Jinzhi also hurriedly followed her and mounted the horse, following behind her elder sister.
A ten-year-old boy who was helping the wood-carrying man run errands under the city wall was carrying a pile of empty bowls towards the tea stall where tea was provided. He happened to meet Bai Qingyan who was riding by on a tall horse. The sweaty child paused, tilted his neck, and followed Bai Qingyan who was riding by on horseback with a pair of pure dark eyes as pure as those washed by rain.
Suddenly, the child trotted back to the tea shed, slammed the empty bowl on the table, and hurriedly pulled the clothes of the old man who was making tea: “Grandpa!”
The old man turned around and saw the child pointing in the direction of the city gate, and he looked over with cloudy eyes.
“Xiao Baishuai! Benefactor! Xiao Baishuai!” the child shouted excitedly.
The old man looked at the tall and thin figure on the horse, and his pupils trembled.
Bai Jinzhi followed Bai Qingyan out of the city. Thinking of not being able to meet his ninth brother Bai Qingyun this time, he couldn’t help but feel regretful: “My ninth brother is going to Panluo Mountain this time. I don’t know if Gu Yijian will accept me as his apprentice. What if Gu Yijian doesn’t accept me, then what should I do? After all…”
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