northernbook Chapter 185 Unhappy
Chapter 185 Unhappy
On the bank of a stream not far from the ruins of Changting Station.
A bonfire was lit here.
The night wind still carried the ash from the embers and the smell of burnt corpses.
In front of the row of military kitchens, the fifty-two surviving guards were having dinner.
Having dinner in silence.
Their comrades are dead, but they are still alive, and living people always need to eat.
As for sadness...
Maybe I will be sad for two days.
Bai Shaoqiu was poking the bonfire with a knife, while Dongfang Xun's sixty shadow guards were standing three feet away from them.
He is right next to Bai Shaoqiu.
He still wore his armor, but had taken off his helmet.
At this moment, he no longer had the pride he once had.
He was like a child who had done something wrong, with his head tilted, and from time to time he glanced at Bai Shaoqiu, whose complexion was flickering in the light of the fire.
Bai Shaoqiu didn't say anything, he was burning the knife!
It was as if he had a deep hatred for the knife, and he kept burning it over and over again!
Dongfang Xun didn't understand what this son-in-law was going to do, so he had to speak.
The voice was low, but sincere.
"I was wrong!"
"I was careless."
"I'll leave it to you, my son-in-law, to punish me!"
Bai Shaoqiu pondered for three breaths, then suddenly smiled:
"I still want to thank you... If you hadn't arrived in time with your shadow guards, how could I still be sitting here, making a fire, brewing tea, gazing at the moon and thinking of my hometown?"
"I'm on the run."
"Hmm... probably rushing towards Xiling City."
He didn't say that if you hadn't come, I would probably die here.
The shadow guard is indeed powerful, but he does not fully appreciate the favor.
He didn't need to thank Yu Yingwei, he just needed Yu Yingwei to work for him——
That is the shadow guard's responsibility. It has nothing to do with love, but with his identity.
Therefore, to Dongfang Xun, these words sounded like a mockery!
It's blame!
It's disdain for the Shadow Guard!
But this is the fact, and Dongfang Xun has no way of refutating it, and cannot refute it.
"The blame for this matter lies entirely with my distrust of my uncle."
"I, Dongfang Xun, promise you that from now on, I will never make such a mistake again!"
Bai Shaoqiu curled his lips, raised his eyes, and saw Zhao Poshan, his guards and four assassins walking towards them.
"I don't need you to promise me anything... You are the prince's adopted son, and I am currently his son-in-law. You fulfill your duties, and the Shadow Guard is yours. As for me... I am just a weak scholar."
"You don't have to listen to me at all. Just like what I said to you in Baicao Garden, you can leave now with your shadow guard."
"To be honest, I really don't like self-righteous people..."
“That’s who you are!”
"Of course, this may be your pride, but such pride makes me very uncomfortable."
Bai Shaoqiu took out the red-hot knife from the bonfire, looked at it, and put it back into the fire. He looked up at Dongfang Xun, who looked ashamed, and said,
"You, actually, don't understand me at all."
"You just thought I was a scholar. Well, under Lao Yu's training, I became a scholar with some strength who can carry a hundred pounds."
"So you disdain me and scoff at my words. Deep down, you resist this trip to Kyoto. You are merely carrying out an order from the prince."
"Look, so many people have died because of your self-righteous pride."
"You feel bad, and I feel bad too. It's not just the pain of someone dying, but also the pain of looking down on each other."
"Dongfang Xun, I look down on you too!"
"As for fighting, your point... forget it. I want to interrogate these assassins. If you want to leave, go ahead. I won't try to stop you!"
Dongfang Xun wanted to leave.
But he can't leave!
This was once based on the prince's orders.
Now... he was very curious about how Bai Shaoqiu noticed that there was an assassin hiding in the bushes and almost accurately estimated the time of the assassin's assassination.
He came with his shadow guard simply because he didn't want to fall out with this son-in-law.
He didn't expect that there was really an assassin in Changting Inn.
There are still so many assassins!
When he saw the fire at Changting Inn and heard the shouts and screams, he was so frightened that his whole body turned cold.
It is precisely because he is the prince's adopted son,
He knew better than anyone else how terrifying the seemingly kind prince could be when he was really angry!
The prince’s true anger was not thunderous, but... deathly silence.
Suffocating,
It was like falling into an endless abyss of silence.
Changting Inn not only has this son-in-law, but also the four young masters around him!
If this son-in-law and the fourth young master both died here... Dongfang Xun could hardly imagine the consequences.
He is not afraid of death.
But he was afraid that his adoptive father would remain silent!
He was carried out of the snow by his adoptive father.
That year, he was only four years old!
His life was given by his adoptive father.
His adoptive father taught him how to read and write, martial arts, military tactics, and the principles of life.
He couldn't let his adoptive father be sad, so he would do his best to complete every order from his adoptive father perfectly.
There can't be any mistakes.
Just to please my adoptive father.
Fortunately, the son-in-law and the fourth young master are both alive.
Even though his brother-in-law openly looked down on him, he did not feel the slightest bit of anger in his heart. He was still feeling fortunate.
Since the son-in-law doesn't like it, just stand aside.
But when he looked at this son-in-law who was so wise, there was no more contempt in Dongfang Xun's eyes.
"Mr. Bai!"
Zhao Poshan bowed and said, "Bring here four assassins. Their martial arts skills have been abolished. Please interrogate them, Master Bai!"
"it is good."
"Make them kneel!"
The four guards shouted, "Kneel down!"
"Bang bang bang bang" four feet, the four assassins knelt down one step in front of Bai Shaoqiu.
Eunuch Wei came over with great interest.
He was somewhat curious about how this young, handsome, and frail scholar would interrogate these assassins.
He was thinking...
Bai Shaoqiu will probably reason with these four assassins.
As for intellectuals, they always use reason and emotion to persuade others. This is their usual practice.
No problem.
But there is no way to let these assassins speak!
Then he will have to take action in the end——
This is a tricky thing.
He had already suggested this to Bai Shaoqiu vaguely when the battle was over, but Bai Shaoqiu still wanted to ask.
Finding out the mastermind behind this actually did not seem good to Eunuch Wei.
Some enemies clearly know that they are enemies, but as long as that thin layer of window paper is not broken, there is still some room for maneuver.
For example, if Bai Shaoqiu had made the decision when he arrived in Kyoto that he was willing to become the Ninth Princess's consort, then those enemies might no longer be enemies.
Of course, we can’t be called friends either.
But on the surface everyone will greet you with a smile.
But if I really ask this question, it will be a bit awkward when we meet in the future.
Eunuch Wei looked at Bai Shaoqiu and asked, "Have you made up your mind?"
Bai Shaoqiu pondered for a moment and nodded: "It's very tiring to guess, and it would be even worse if I guessed wrong."
"I appreciate your kindness, sir, but... if you don't ask, I won't be able to do what I want."
What can Eunuch Wei say?
After all, he is still a young scholar!