northernbook Chapter 204 If all living beings have wronged me, I will kill them all.
Chapter 204 If all living beings have wronged me, I will kill them all.
She was the most renowned female war goddess of the Great Yan Dynasty, a female Yama who terrified the barbarians and made them retreat in fear. Yet, she died amidst the scorn of thousands.
Now, sitting high on the throne in the Golden Palace is the young man she once pledged her life to. He promised her the position of Imperial Concubine, wanting her to retire from the battlefield and share the world with him.
But now that she's thirty, she's already seen the desert winds and sandstorms and soaring eagles. How could she be content to be a caged bird? The youthful excitement no longer moves her now.
The two parted on bad terms, but the ruler remained the ruler and the subject remained the subject, yet they remained each other's strongest support.
Until the northwestern barbarians sent Princess Saya, a beauty of unparalleled beauty, to marry into the country. She had a face that drove all men crazy, and even the emperor, who was used to seeing beautiful women, fell at her feet.
This princess was also very resourceful; in just three years, she made a name for herself as a philanthropist known throughout the world.
Because she couldn't bear to see the people suffer from hunger and shed tears, the emperor reduced her taxes by 10%.
She loved wielding swords and staffs, so the emperor granted her permission to freely enter and leave the military camp. She quickly became one of the soldiers, laughing and joking with them.
She infiltrated the common people, the military camps, and the imperial court in her own way without exception. Chu Qing advised Yuwen Ce to be wary of Shaya, since she was not of our kind and her heart was bound to be different.
However, pillow talk is always more effective than honest advice. After that, some people began to impeach Chu Qing for abusing her military power. She disdained to explain, but Yuwen Ce directly issued an edict to strip her of her military power.
Saya died. In full view of everyone, it was Chu Qing's sword that pierced her heart. Chu Qing had no way to refute it, no one believed her, and some people would risk their lives to frame her.
The emperor went mad; he was completely infatuated with Shaya and lost the rationality a monarch should have. He wanted to tear Chu Qing to pieces to make her die with his beloved concubine, but Chu Qing escaped.
Unable to kill Chu Qing, Yuwen Ce had no choice but to target the common people. He was good because of Shaya, and he was also evil because of her.
In the past, taxes were reduced to please a beautiful woman; now, they are increased by 20%. This move has caused widespread resentment among the people of Great Yan. However, their resentment is not directed at the emperor; they resent Chu Qing. If she had not killed Shaya, they would not be in this situation.
With the princess sent for a peace treaty dead, the barbarians had a legitimate reason to attack. They borrowed 100,000 troops from a neighboring country to attack the Great Yan, declaring that they would withdraw their troops as long as the Great Yan emperor handed over the God of War, Chu Qing.
Apart from Chu Qing, the Great Yan had no other general capable of leading troops to resist the barbarians. The entire Chu family had died for their country, and the Chu family would never again have a second invincible war god.
Helpless, Yuwen Ce could only announce to the world that Chu Qing should return to lead the troops to resist the barbarians, and that regardless of whether she killed the princess, she would not be held accountable.
In truth, Chu Qing didn't believe it. She had personally witnessed Yuwen Ce's doting affection for Shaya, and she didn't believe that Yuwen Ce could truly forgive and forget. However, with the barbarians invading, she couldn't bear to see the people displaced because of her.
She still chose to believe him, and she was willing to fight bravely and even shed blood on the battlefield for the Great Yan she was protecting.
But in the end, the Great Yan she protected still failed her.
On the day of the decisive battle, she went out of the city to meet the enemy, but there was no one behind her. Her 100,000 Chu family soldiers and the people she had risked her life to protect were just watching her indifferently, leaving her outside the city walls.
They personally handed over the God of War of Great Yan to the barbarians, just because the barbarians said that if they handed over Chu Qing, they would withdraw their troops.
And all of this must have been done without the emperor's permission; who would dare to do it?
"why?"
At that moment, Chu Qing was calm. She was not surprised by Yuwen Ce's abandonment, but she was familiar with every soldier, every civilian, and every face standing on the city wall.
Those were her brothers who had fought alongside her in the Northwest for over a decade, the people she had protected with her life. This was her city, and her country, yet they had so easily betrayed her. How ridiculous!
As the barbarian cavalry trampled over her bones time and time again, and arrow after arrow pierced her body, the city gate behind her remained tightly shut.
The people she protected only saw relief after the dust settled. They only wanted the barbarians to keep their promise and retreat. As for the God of War, he believed that everything had started because of her and that he deserved to die.
However, they forgot that these years of barbarian invasions didn't need a reason. With the god of war dead, how could the enemy let such a golden opportunity slip by?
After Chu Qing's death, the Great Yan Dynasty lacked any capable generals. Thereafter, it was plagued by constant warfare, with countless soldiers dying on the frontier and the people suffering immensely. Yuwen Ce also lost interest in politics. Beset by internal and external troubles, the Great Yan Dynasty was in grave danger.
No one in the world lamented the fate of the Goddess of War. Her Chu family had devoted themselves to the Great Yan Dynasty. After Chu Qing's death, Yuwen Ce ordered the execution of the remaining women and children of the Chu family, which the world found gratifying.
They blamed all the mistakes on Chu Qing, regardless of whether she was involved or not; someone had to bear the world's scorn and abuse.
They dared not criticize the emperor, nor fight the barbarians, yet the generals who had protected them for generations were still burdened with the infamy of bringing disaster to the country and its people after their deaths. This is human nature.
Today she will use these 100,000 Chu family soldiers as a sacrifice to the flag. They are all cowards who are afraid of death and ungrateful. What does it matter if she kills them all?
Ha, Qingmo felt like her knife was rusting. Since everyone said the original owner was wrong, so what? She would turn the world upside down and who could do anything to her.
After entering the plane, she discovered that she could use spiritual power below the Foundation Establishment stage. In this mortal world, the power of life and death was just a thought away for someone at the peak of Qi Refining.
She was not bloodthirsty, but her principle was: I can betray the world, but the world cannot betray me. Whoever betrays me, I will kill. If all living beings betray me, I will kill all living beings.
"Ah, help! General, why?"
"General, my Chu family army has followed you through thick and thin for many years. Now that the barbarians have retreated, why are you discarding us after we've served our purpose? Why are you putting us to death? This humble general is not convinced."
"Kill! All soldiers, follow us and fight your way out! The general is heartless, so what if we rebel?"
Qingmo sneered and ignored the struggles of the crowd. It was laughable that two hundred people could surround one hundred thousand people, but how could Jueyi and the others be compared to ordinary people like them?
This world belongs to Yuwen Ce, but the northwestern frontier has been guarded by the Chu family for generations. The Chu family army has taken the surname of the Chu family, but they can't recognize who their master is. They can't be loyal dogs to their master. What use are they?
She would use the blood of these 100,000 soldiers to usher in a new chapter for the Great Yan Dynasty and compose an eternal masterpiece for the original owner.