The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 277: die for country
Chapter 277: Sacrificing Life for the Country
Lu Tianzhuo shuddered and didn’t dare to look up. He knew that although Li Zhijie looked uninhibited and tolerant, he was a man of his word. There was probably no room for maneuver in this matter.
“Don’t you want revenge? If the princess stays in Jin to marry… wouldn’t you have more opportunities to take revenge if you stay with the princess?” Li Zhijie raised his lips coldly, “You have lived up to your adoptive father and fulfilled our friendship as master and servant.”
Lu Tianzhuo knew that Li Zhijie was very merciful by not killing him for this.
“Thank you…Your Majesty.” Lu Tianzhuo kowtowed.
“Your Highness!” Li Zhijie’s Xiliang guards rushed in and were slightly surprised to see Lu Tianzhuo kneeling on the ground. Then they said to Li Zhijie, “General Bai from Jin is here, alone…”
“It’s faster than expected!” Li Zhijie raised his hand and touched the wound near his chest. He lowered his eyes and stared at Lu Tianzhuo who was kneeling on the ground. “So… Is Bai Qingqiong, the second son of the Bai family, alive or dead?”
Lu Tianzhuo’s voice was calm and gentle: “I have beheaded him in front of my adoptive father’s grave…”
Li Zhijie lowered his eyes and looked at Lu Tianzhuo: “Why are you still kneeling here? If you want to sow discord between the king and his subjects in the Jin court… why don’t you find a way to tell the Crown Prince of Jin, Bai Qingyan, that he came to see me privately.”
“Yes!” Lu Tianzhuo hurriedly stood up and retreated respectfully.
Li Zhijie saw Bai Qingyan in a neat riding suit, with a quiver at her waist and a sun-shooting bow in her hand. He chuckled and said, “Princess Zhenguo…”
“My second brother is in the hands of King Yan?” Bai Qingyan stood a few feet away from Li Zhijie.
“The Xiliang soldiers found the ring when they were cleaning up the battlefield. They handed it over as soon as they saw it was not an ordinary item. Unexpectedly, someone recognized it as something belonging to the second son of the Bai family, so they sent it to the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion.” Li Zhijie smiled slightly.
Bai Qingyan drew his arrow with a swift movement, and calmly drew the bow to a full position, aiming at Li Zhijie: “So, King Yan tricked me with my second brother’s ring, hoping to kill me? Or… he wanted to arouse suspicion among the emperor and his ministers in the Jin court, and it would be best if the emperor would abandon me! King Yan’s plan is really shallow!”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s shallow, as long as it’s useful, it’s a good plan.” Li Zhijie’s lips curled up into a smile, “Of course, if the Zhenguo Princess kills me here, and the Zhenguo Princess dies here today, I’m sure Jin will not use force against Xiliang again, and it doesn’t have the ability to do so. I’m just an idle king… In exchange for the life of a Jin general, it’s worth it.”
Although Li Zhijie was frivolous, he had the courage to sacrifice his life for his country when necessary! But not today.
Bai Qingyan pulled the Sun-shooting Bow even more tightly: “I’ll give you one more chance. Is my second brother in your hands?”
Li Zhijie pulled out an iron bone fan from behind his waist and knocked it in his palm. All the archers lurking in the dark came out and pointed their arrows at Bai Qingyan.
Li Zhijie laughed and said, “Miss Bai, aren’t you afraid that if you kill me, your second brother will not survive?”
Bai Qingyan’s face was calm: “So, King Yan simply wants to kill people and frame me, or does he want to use my second brother to negotiate with me?”
“Princess Zhenguo, please be pleased. I heard that Emperor Yan wants to ask for Princess Gaoyi in marriage for his younger brother, the Ninth Prince of Dayan. Unfortunately, I have been traveling with Princess Gaoyi and have developed a secret friendship with her. Tomorrow, I would like to bring up this matter at Your Majesty’s birthday banquet. I hope Princess Zhenguo can help me realize my wish. If so… I will return the second young master of the Bai family to you.” Li Zhijie’s peach blossom eyes were filled with bright smiles.
Bai Qingyan’s lips curled up.
Li Zhijie wanted to prove to the emperor and the crown prince that she was privately very close to Li Zhijie, and even reached some agreement with Li Zhijie. She was willing to marry her sister to King Yan Li Zhijie in order to consolidate the agreement.
In this way, Li Zhijie could marry Xiao Si and threaten her at any time, and also make the emperor and the prince suspicious of her. His plan was really sound.
To Li Zhijie’s surprise, he heard the sound of an arrow breaking through the air and coming with the wind. He opened his eyes wide and took two steps back, opening his iron bone fan to block it. However, his speed was not as fast as the sharp arrow. Not only did he fail to block the arrow, but the arrow blade directly penetrated Li Zhijie’s wound that had just healed, grazed his shoulder blade and pierced him down, and then pierced into the big tree behind him, with the arrow feathers trembling.
“Your Majesty!”
“Who dares to move?”
By the time everyone reacted, Bai Qingyan, holding the feather arrow, had already stepped on Li Zhijie’s chest, pulled the bow to its full extent and pointed the arrow at Li Zhijie. As long as he let go… Li Zhijie would die instantly.
“Don’t move!” Li Zhijie gritted his teeth, signaling the archers not to act rashly. He covered his wound and smiled at Bai Qingyan, “The Princess Zhenguo killed the King Yan of Xiliang in Jin. It seems that the Princess Zhenguo not only does not want to take your second brother back, but also hopes that the two countries will continue to go to war!”
“If my second brother is already dead, and I was deceived by you, it would be like handing my fourth sister, my weak spot, to you.” Bai Qingyan sneered at Li Zhijie, “If my second brother is still alive and knew that I exchanged my fourth sister for him, he would definitely not let himself survive! You shouldn’t have exchanged my second brother for my fourth sister. You lost because you don’t understand the style of my Bai family.”
Li Zhijie’s peach blossom eyes narrowed.
“You might as well tell King Yan that the gift you sent to my house has already reached the hands of the crown prince! My fourth sister should have made it known to everyone that King Yan was holding my second brother! During the peace talks, you never said that my second brother was in your hands. Instead, after the peace treaty was signed, you used my second brother to plot against me. You tell me… Even if I kill you today, who in the Jin Dynasty will blame me? I’m afraid Xiliang will have to give an explanation to the Jin Dynasty!”
Li Zhijie’s face slightly changed, and he forced a smile and said, “You said that it was a gift I sent, so it was sent by me? Could it be that… Miss Bai, you are dissatisfied with me after I Qiu Shanguan designed to sow discord between you and the crown prince, and you intend to frame me and kill me?”
Bai Qingyan raised the corners of his lips, his eyes full of murderous intent: “Then let’s see whether the prince believes in you, the prince of the enemy country, or me, the princess who is loyal to the Jin country!”
Seeing Bai Qingyan’s hand about to loosen the bow, Li Zhijie’s pupils trembled: “Don’t you want your second brother to live?”
“I swear to you, the God of Xiliang, that my second brother is still alive in your hands!” The murderous aura in Bai Qingyan’s eyes was terrifying.
Hearing the word “God”, the Xiliang archers lowered their heads slightly, then looked up and stared at Bai Qingyan with eyes full of anger.
Li Zhijie gritted his teeth and looked at Bai Qingyan.
The people of Xiliang have believed in gods since childhood. The respect and worship for gods is deeply rooted in the bones of every Xiliang person. Lying and swearing to gods is blasphemy, and the people of Xiliang would rather die than blaspheme gods.
He couldn’t swear when he was in Youhua Road, and he couldn’t swear now.
“Sure enough…” Although his heart was in unbearable pain, Bai Qingyan’s eyes remained as calm as water.
“Tell that bastard Xiliang Yan Wang Li Zhijie to hand over my second brother!”
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