The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 68: vow to die
Chapter 68: Never Return
With red eyes, Bai Jinzhi gripped the long whip behind his waist, burning with anger, wishing he could beat to death all these stupid villains who were causing trouble in front of the Duke’s Mansion.
Seeing that the people who came to watch the excitement had already surrounded the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion in three layers, Bai Jinxiu, who was standing next to Bai Jinzhi, felt her heart pounding.
“Fourth sister, don’t do that!” Bai Jinxiu hurriedly held down Bai Jinzhi’s hand that was about to whip her. “This group of people are surrounding our mansion and stirring up trouble. I’m afraid they have some ulterior motives. Don’t be impulsive!”
“Your Bai family will never produce useless people! Your Bai family is always victorious on the battlefield, but your Bai family’s victory is earned by the sons of ordinary people like us… with our lives!” A woman cried to the sky, “A general’s success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers! At the commander’s command, our sons rushed to the blade one after another! It’s not you who lost your life! How can you feel sorry?! The Duke of Zhenguo only wants military achievements! As long as you want to leave your name in history, just use our sons’ lives to build your achievements!”
“My poor son!” Another woman cried out in agony, shouting heartbreakingly, “Duke Zhenguo has no shame! You deserved that all the men of the Bai family died in Southern Xinjiang! It was you, the Bai family, who killed our son!”
“If you keep spouting shit!” Bai Jinzhi pushed Bai Jinxiu away with brute force, raised his whip and whipped the woman, spouting nonsense in anger, “You deserve to die! I’m going to whip you to death today!”
“Bai Jinzhi!” Bai Jinxiu desperately held on to Bai Jinzhi. The wound on her forehead burst open and the glaring red blood flowed down her forehead.
“You are a coward and a weakling who is bullied by others! I am not!” Bai Jinzhi yelled at Bai Jinxiu with bloodshot eyes and pushed Bai Jinxiu away angrily.
The long whip broke through the air and the woman screamed miserably.
“Xiao Si! No!” Bai Jinxiu was already injured, and was pushed away by Bai Jinzhi and hit against the wall, causing a terrible headache.
Qingshu was extremely anxious: “Fourth Miss, how could you fight with Second Miss! Second Miss…how are you?”
Bai Qingyan quickened his pace and stepped onto the stairs holding the hem of his plain dress. He saw Bai Jinzhi, with bloodshot eyes, trying his best to beat the woman to death.
“Bai Jinzhi! Stop it!” She turned around and ordered Lupin with a pale face, “Uncle Ping, restrain the fourth girl!”
Lupin rushed forward in two steps and was whipped to restrain the furious Bai Jinzhi. Bai Jinzhi screamed like a madman and tried to break free from Lupin’s restraints, as if he was ready to die together with the villains cursing the Duke’s Mansion.
Bai Jintong, who came later, saw Bai Jinzhi’s crazy look, picked up the cold tea on the gatehouse’s square table, walked quickly down the high steps of the main gate of the Duke’s Mansion, and poured a pot of water on Bai Jinzhi to wake him up.
The cold water extinguished Bai Jinzhi’s rage. She woke up as if from a dream, her chest rising and falling violently. She choked up and glanced at Bai Jintong, who was pale, and then turned her gaze to Bai Qingyan, who was above the high-ranking level and had a livid face: “Eldest…Eldest sister.”
“Oh my God! Open your eyes and look! The Duke of Zhenguo killed my son for military merit! And now the girl from the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion wants to kill me too!”
“You’re talking nonsense! I’ll tear your mouth apart!” Bai Jinzhi’s anger was aroused again, and he struggled to move forward.
Bai Qingyan, who was standing on the high steps, had a cold expression on his face, and was wearing plain mourning clothes. He stood straight and proudly, and asked, “May I ask this lady, the military records recorded by the military historians at the front line have not been sent back by Prince Xin yet, and the battle report has come in. Even my Bai family now only knows that our army has been defeated… My grandfather, father, uncle, and brothers are all dead, and the statistics of the army’s casualties have not yet been reported! Why did you decide so immediately that your son died in the battle?”
The woman whose face was bruised was obviously timid and panicked. She stiffened her neck and said, “The Duke of Zhenguo died in the battle. How can my son still live?!”
“You are speculating that your son is dead! I have been with the army since I was young, and I have been distributing pensions to the families of fallen soldiers with my uncles. I don’t know which soldier’s mother…didn’t want to have a son, but insisted that her son was dead without any evidence, and came to the door of my mansion to curse.”
The woman huddled there, under the gazes of the crowd, and could only argue: “I… I am so worried! My poor son! What will I do if you die? You said you wanted to join the army to fight for a title… but you didn’t get it. In order to gain credit and leave a name in history… those generals in the Duke’s Mansion used your corpse as a stepping stone!”
“You are not anxious at all, you are clearly deliberately causing trouble in front of our Duke’s Mansion!” Bai Jinzhi shouted at the top of her lungs, “The news has been passed back that all the men in my Bai family are dead. Even if the eunuch who reported the news yesterday said that Prince Xin’s coffin would be returned to the capital soon, our Bai family is still looking forward to it even if the news is wrong! But you… You come to my door without any news, and you keep saying that my grandfather killed your son. Are you still a mother?! If you continue to make trouble in front of our Duke’s Mansion, I will beat you to death!”
The woman, whose momentum had already weakened, seized on Bai Jinzhi’s last words and cried out louder than she knew, “God, open your eyes and look! The Duke of Zhenguo killed my son, and now the girl from the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion wants to beat me to death! We ordinary people really can’t survive! We can’t survive!”
“You…you shrew!” Bai Jinzhi’s eyes were red and she struggled violently. Even Lupin could hardly hold her down.
“My grandfather killed your son?!” Bai Qingyan’s voice was as cold as a knife. A raging fire burned in her chest, burning her bright black eyes. “Your son, could it be that my grandfather put a knife to his neck and forced him to join the army?! Fighting in the battlefield and gaining meritorious service to get a title, which brave man doesn’t want to defend his country and bring honor to his ancestors? But is the title free?! The greater the glory and wealth you enjoy, the greater the hardships and dangers you must endure! How can such a great thing come from just wanting a title without facing danger?!”
“Let’s not talk about other things, let’s just talk about my Bai family! They all say that the Zhenguo Mansion…has a hundred years of glory! But this glory was earned by the men of my Bai family who fought bloody battles on the battlefield! Among the hundreds of tablets in the Bai family’s ancestral hall, which one is not covered in blood and wrapped in horsehide?! Only a handful of them died of old age!”
“You say that my Bai family is greedy for merit?! If the Bai family is greedy for merit… In the third year of Xuanjia, why did my grandfather submit a memorial on “On Merit and Nobleness” to ask Your Majesty for permission to allow civilian soldiers who have made meritorious deeds on the battlefield to be awarded a title to bring honor to the family? The Bai family’s military merits are well known to the people, so there is no need to say more. Why would my grandfather be so mean and greedy for merit and advance recklessly?”
Seeing the woman’s eyes rolling, she said coldly, “I once asked my grandfather why other marquis’ children can serve as officials in this prosperous capital and enjoy a prosperous and peaceful era! Why do the children of the Bai family have to go to war with the army at the age of ten, enduring hardships and killing enemies. My grandfather said that it is because the front line is dangerous and someone has to go! Because there are tens of thousands of people there and no one to protect them! Because we can’t just bear the title of defending the country and do nothing! The word defending the country should mean… I will never return until I kill the bandits who invaded the people of Jin!”
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