Chapter 10, Heavenly Sword

Life hasn't changed much after returning to Xingqing. Although Tony and I are no longer slaves, we still live in the same place. The slight difference is that we no longer wear handcuffs and fps, and we can even visit each other and talk freely. Only then did I know what happened to Tony. He was saved from the desert bandits by the tornado. At the same time, he was also lost by it. He was captured by the border troops hunting in Xixia and gave it to the king of Chu, and became the best fighting slave in the king's palace with martial arts.

We are glad to meet again, and we are no longer slaves, but freedom is limited to this courtyard. The soldiers guard outside the door will not be accommodated because we are free. This courtyard was originally built for royal slaves and built like a prison. Since Li Renxiao succeeded to the throne, it has been abandoned for many years, and now it has become the place for us and the Yelu brothers to recover from their wounds. Their injuries are no longer a big problem under the treatment of the imperial doctor.

It was not until the seventh day that Tony and I received the reward order. In addition to becoming a centurion, there were also extremely rich rewards, but these rewards only allowed us to listen through the imperial edict. Everything was transferred to Wanyanxi as the original agreement to buy the Yelu brothers. After knowing the richness of those rewards, I felt a lot in my heart. Less regret, and then relieved that so many treasures were never used to reward slaves, but bribes to Wanyanxi, just borrowed our way to make the bribes more open and upright.

I was not surprised that Li Renxiao and Tony were appointed as centurion of the Guards, and even had a premonition of his summons. After changing into new military uniforms, Tony and I left this slave courtyard for the first time under the leadership of internal officials to meet Emperor Xia Li Renxiao. In a secluded side hall, I saw Xia Huang Li Renxiao again. At this time, he was dressed in casual clothes and looked easy-going. From the appearance, he looked more like a literati. There was no roughness and heroism of the Xia people at all. Tony and I knelt down to him with the newly learned etiquette. He looked down at us with a smile and let us do the big salute clumsily before letting A seat given by an internal official.

"Those rewards during the day have been given to the Martyrs. Won't you feel heartache?" Li Renxiao asked with a smile. Without waiting for our answer, he said, "Don't worry, I won't treat the warriors who have made contributions to Daxia. There is also a reward here, which is what I really give you."

The internal official read the reward oracle to us at the sign of Li Renxiao. It was just a female servant, a war horse knife, a silver silk cloth and two houses in the capital. It was indeed something for us, which was both practical and very rich.

"The emperor is so generous, isn't it just for our credit?" I asked with a smile, not grateful for these rewards in my heart. I just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible to find the unknown Daisy.

Li Renxiao did not answer my question, but stared at me and asked meaningfully, "Although we Xia people are not as tedious and observient as you Han people, you two are still the only centurions specially summoned by me. Don't you feel flattered at all?"

I was stunned and realized that I was really too casual and wanted to pretend to be a little scared, but as soon as I saw Li Renxiao's sharp eyes that seemed to understand people's hearts, I knew that I couldn't hide it from him no matter how much I pretended, so I had to sighed and said, "I really want to show my heart to the emperor like those generals and warriors around the emperor. The loyalty of the earth is just a little bit of bullying.

"You are really a little special," Li Renxiao ignored my humor and only stared at me. "Although you were born as a slave, you don't have the slave's usual inferiority complex on your face, and your eyes are even more detached. You even look down at everyone with a condescending look, even if you bend your knees. When you are in front of me, I can't feel even the slightest awe of you. What kind of person are you?

It's very simple, a stranger who peeps through the sky! I almost said this in a jokeful tone. I really want to know what kind of expression he will have when I tell Li Renxiao all the secrets of the world? Of course, these are just thoughts. In fact, I only smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I'm just a slightly different Song person."

Li Renxiao was obviously not satisfied with this answer, but he did not ask further questions. He only glanced at me and Tony before asking lightly, "You are not only the centurion summoned by me for the first time, but also the only two slaves who were directly promoted to the centurion of my guard. Do you know why?"

Finally, we talked about the most important thing! I didn't show a sound on my face, and I looked at Li Renxiao with a solemn face as if I knew nothing, waiting for his further explanation.

"That's because you are not from Daxia, and because you used to be slaves, and because your wit and martial arts have moved me. I need your help."

Tony and I looked at each other. Tony was not very familiar with the language of the party. He probably didn't fully understand what Li Renxiao meant, but it was difficult to ask, so he turned his doubtful eyes to me. I turned to Li Renxiao and smiled and said, "The emperor is really funny. I think that the emperor is the head of a country. There are thousands of warriors available. How can he need it? The help of our two humble people?"

Li Renxiao gently turned the tea cup in his hand. After a moment of silence, Fang raised his eyes and slowly said, "You are not humble. A person's dignity and lowliness does not lie in his identity. Some people are in a prominent position and are still a slave. Some people are not hungry, but they are still despised as kings. I know from your eyes. Dao, let alone a small guard centurion, I'm afraid that even I, the Marquis of Daxia, can't move you, let alone buy your loyalty, so I don't want to buy you with silver money, but ask you for help on an equal status.

I was slightly shocked. The emperor of Xia actually said such words to two low-level officers who had just been promoted from slavery. I couldn't help but pay attention to it, but I knew that this kind of help often meant great danger and might even sacrifice my life, so I dared not refuse or agree. I just said perfunctorily: "I Our ability is limited, and I'm afraid it's useless.

Li Renxiao stared at me and said, "I hope we can talk in the language between men. I know that you are not a cooli who follows a rich food merchant, nor can you be a spy of Song. Tell me what kind of person you are? Why did it appear in the Gobi Desert? Where are you going? If it doesn't endanger the interests of Daxia, I am willing to provide you with all help.

My heart moved and looked at Li Renxiao's sincere eyes. I decided to take a risk. After a moment of hesitation, I hesitated and said, "I'm not a hard worker or a spy. I'm just a warrior who escorted the sun religion saint of Western Egypt to the east to learn the scriptures. So is Tony. We were bandits in the desert and separated from the saint, such as If possible, we want to continue to find the saint and escort her to her destination.

From Li Renxiao's eyes, I knew that he didn't believe it all. I just asked, "Where is your destination?"

"Lin'an." I hesitated for a moment.

"Lin'an?" Li Renxiao frowned and said, "Jin Guo is currently gathering hundreds of thousands of troops and will cross the Yangtze River and go south one day. I'm afraid Lin'an will become a battlefield. Aren't you going to take risks?"

I smiled bitterly and said, "I can't help it. It's my duty."

Li Renxiao no longer advised and turned to the topic: "As long as your saint comes from west to east from the Gobi Desert, she should enter our Daxia border or the savannah infested by Tatars. I can mobilize the eyeliner of Fengyuntang to inquire about her news for you. With the eyes of 'Fengyuntang' all over the world, you should be able to find To her whereabouts.

I was moved and knew that with the help of Li Renxiao, of course, it would be much better than me and Tony looking for needles. But I know that this kind of help is mutual. Li Renxiao has no reason to help the two slaves in vain and let them fly away. I think this will be a deal, or even I can't refuse. The transaction. Understanding the joints, I asked Li Renxiao directly, "What does the emperor want us to do?" As long as we can do it, we will do our best."

"Good! Refreshing!" Li Renxiao waved his hand resolutely, "I want you to kill Lang Lie for me!"

I was shocked when I heard the words. Tony obviously understood this sentence, and his face also changed. I looked at Li Renxiao doubtfully and asked puzzledly, "The emperor is the lord of Daxia. If you want to kill anyone, why should you borrow our hand? Besides, Lang Lie is the first master of Daxia. Why must the emperor get rid of it quickly?"

Li Renxiao said: "I think you have seen that although I am the emperor of Daxia, I can't do whatever I want. I have been determined to abolish slavery for many years, but the nobles opposed in the court still have the upper hand, especially the king of Chu. Although the king of Chu is a rebel general of the Song Dynasty, he is also my grandfather and has suppressed Xiao Heda's rebellion. He made great contributions to me at the beginning of my succession to the throne. Now most of the 12th Military Division of the country is loyal to him, and the first swordsman in the eyes of the country is loyal to him. I can tolerate his disrespect to me in the face of the Empress Dowager, but I can't tolerate the rudeness. Only by killing Lang Lie can I knock on him. The role of the mountain tiger makes it clear to those nobles who is the real lord of a country! Only the decree of abolition of slaves can pass! However, Langlie is already the idol of the Chinese people. If I kill openly, I will lose the heart of the army and the people, so I want to borrow your hand.

I have some doubts in my heart: "Why does the emperor have to abolish slaves?"

Li Renxiao stood up, pulled out a scroll from the bookcase behind him, and unfolded it on the desk. It turned out to be a huge map. Li Renxiao pointed to the map and said, "At present, the three most powerful countries, Daxia, Jin and Southern Song, are the smallest in the Southern Song Dynasty, with Jin as the largest, and the population is also the largest in Jin. However, the people of the Southern Song Dynasty created more wealth every year than the sum of Jin and Xia. Although the Southern Song Dynasty had to pay a large amount of tribute and silver to Jin and Xia every year, it was still the richest country in the three countries. A long time ago, I was thinking about the reason. The conclusion is that the Han people have no slaves for a long time. Only the free people will create as much wealth as possible for the country under the pressure of survival. Jin and Xia are rampant in plundering foreigners and people who are unable to pay their debts as slaves, which makes the people flee in large numbers and causes population outflows. And even if the slaves who lost their freedom work hard under the whip of their masters, they only lack enthusiasm and creativity like animals. Therefore, although Jin and Xia can bully the Song people on the battlefield, they can never be as rich as the Southern Song Dynasty.

"So the emperor is ready to liberate the slaves and let them create wealth for the Xia Kingdom?" I finally understood Li Renxiao's intention, which is also in line with his identity.

"That's right," Li Renxiao said, "but such a simple truth still cannot be understood and accepted by the nobles, and perhaps they can fully understand it, but they are unwilling to give up their master's many privileges, so they can't obey without high-pressure means, and they dare to confront me, mainly led by the king of Chu and not hit Chu Wang, the decree to abolish slavery is impassable. Killing the waves is the first step to fight against the king of Chu.

"I am willing to serve the emperor," Tony, who had never spoken, suddenly interrupted. "As long as it is to abolish slavery, I will do my best."

Seeing that Tony had agreed, Li Renxiao turned his eyes to me, and I smiled bitterly and said, "Why does the emperor trust us two unknown outsiders so much? How can we be sure that we can kill Lang Lie?"

Li Renxiao smiled and stared at me and said indifferently, "The trust between men is sometimes enough at a glance. It is also because you are outsiders that you can't be the king of Chu. In addition, you are probably the only two warriors who dare to fight with Lang Lie in the whole Xia Kingdom. I must trust you. As for whether you can kill Lang Lie or not, I believe that as long as you two work together, there will be a chance. Even if you miss, because of your humble status, it doesn't matter to me, but Lang Lie can't afford to die. If he dies, it will be a great blow to the nobles led by the king of Chu and oppose my abolition of slavery, so I can afford to lose, but the king of Chu can't afford to lose.

Li Renxiao's undisguised frankness did not disgust me, but gave birth to an inexplicable trust and exchanged eyes with Tony. I asked Li Renxiao, "What should we do?"

"General Yeli Moren will tell you the specific details," Li Renxiao obviously did not want to interfere in specific affairs, but only told us, "but you should remember that you can't use my name, and don't want to get any help from me. You'd better kill him in an open duel, which can achieve the greatest shock. The effect, and the national law also imposes light penalties on public duels.

"Then I will only die in vain," I said with a wry smile, and then asked Tony, "How sure are you?"

Tony hesitated for a moment: "Even if I have a treasure knife in hand, I'm only 40% sure."

"So you must work together! With strong pride, I will definitely not mind you teaming up.

I turned to Tony in embarrassment and didn't know how to persuade him to give up the pride of the samurai. He looked at me with understanding and said lightly, "My nation has a saying that the honor of a samurai is more important than life, but there is another thing more important than the honor of a samurai, that is justice. As long as it is to abolish slaves, I can put down the honor of the samurai.

"Good! I'm waiting for your good news!" Li Renxiao claps and said, "As long as you kill Lang Lie, I will use all my eyeliner to find your saints for you and promise that you can leave at any time to continue your mission."

Seeing that Li Renxiao straightened up tiredly, I knew that the summoning was about to end, so I withdrew with Tony. As soon as I exited from the temple gate, an internal official hurried from the outside and rushed into the hall with a panic look. I vaguely heard his anxious report: "Princess Baoyan is missing!"

The Liefeng Tower is a famous building in Xingqing. It is four-fold high and is located at the east end of the avenue across Xingqing. It is the wind outlet. That's why the Liefeng Tower got its name. When Tony and I first climbed the highest fourth, we really felt the taste of the gale.

Tony and I have now moved into two new residences. Except for going to Xiangqing Military Division every day, we go in and out of restaurants and brothels in our spare time. No one knows our real mission except for the Xiangqing Army.

Probably the loneliness of Liefenglou and the word "lie" are combined with Lang Lie's temper, so he, who has always lived in a simple way, occasionally only goes out to Liefeng Tower to drink tea, and to the restaurant to drink tea. Lang Lie is probably the only one in Quanxingqing Mansion. It can be seen how innocent and independent he is, so his achievements in kendo are. Not by chance.

This is the seventh time I have come to the Wind Tower, but I haven't met a wave. If it's late today, Tony and I don't have any hope. We just shouted and looked up at the building with more than a dozen Guard colleagues. They were forced by me to go to the Wind Tower to have fun. Anyway, all the expenses are wild, and I am happy to be generous to others. The sigh.

"I'm sorry, some soldiers, please stay!" On the third floor, we were blocked by the fat pig-like shopkeeper of the Liefeng Building. He looked at us arrogantly with his eyes and said politely and politely, "The fourth floor has been wrapped up. You can be wronged downstairs."

"Have you wrapped it?" A guard lieutenant asked with slanting eyes with wine, "Who is so blind? I don't know if we are coming for a drink? Besides, it's quiet, aren't you suffing us?"

"I dare not!" The shopkeeper's mouth was polite, but the fake tiger's look on his face became more and more obvious, and even his voice was unconsciously raised. "It was Master Lang who was drinking tea on the top floor. He liked to be quiet, so that he wrapped the whole fourth floor."

"Is it... Lang Ye?" As soon as he heard that it was Lang Lie, the captain's wine immediately woke up, and his voice also rose, "Then we will... not disturb."

Everyone also hesitated, and I pretended not to understand and asked, "Who is Master Lang? With such a big show, you have to cover a whole floor when drinking tea alone? No matter how much he drinks his tea, let's drink our wine!"

As I said, I was going to break upstairs, but I was pulled by the captain and whispered in my ear, "Master Lang is Lang Lie. You don't even know this, do you?"

"Rang Lie?" I deliberately tilted my head pretending to be drunk. "Of course I know, I've also had a deal with him, and that's all."

The captain saved me from being the slave who escaped under the Langlie sword, and Tony and I are now also celebrities in Xingqing Prefecture. I couldn't help but let go. I turned my head and shouted to more than a dozen guards and soldiers, "What's wrong with Langlie? We are the guards around the emperor. If we are given a name by this fat pig today. The words are blocked downstairs. It doesn't matter if we are ashamed. The emperor's face is not glorious. If it's a man, he will go up with me for a drink. If it's a bitch, he will go back to hug the women.

With that, I pushed away the shopkeeper and rushed up. More than a dozen guards hesitated and followed. As I expected, once a boring thing is connected with the emperor's face, these warriors will definitely move forward bravely and sacrifice their lives. What's more, they just go up for a drink, not to fight with Lang Lie. Desperate.

I rushed to the fourth floor first, and saw only one person sitting by the window on the huge fourth floor, tasting tea alone. Seeing me coming up, I couldn't help staring at him provocatively, and then hugged my fist and said, "It turned out to be a wave warrior. Why don't you come and get drunk with us?"

"I don't drink." The sound was calm, but I found the deep anger in his eyes. I think it was not only that someone dared to challenge his prestige, but also because my appearance evoked his unpleasant memories.

"Bear up the good wine and dishes of your Liefeng Tower. Today I will be the host, and we will not be drunk today!" I no longer paid attention to Lang Lie and only shouted to the shopkeeper who followed. The fat pig looked at Lang Lie at a loss and felt very embarrassed.

"Boss, check out!" Lang Lie threw the ingot silver on the table, got up and left, finally freeing the boss from the dilemma. When he went downstairs, I deliberately shouted to more than a dozen guards, "See, Lang Lie is nothing more than that. In this Xingqing Mansion, it is reasonable, except that the emperor is the largest of our guards, or it is unreasonable, Tony and me. We have also fought with him, which is not so powerful that we are afraid of him. We will come here for a drink tomorrow, and no one can do less!"

Everyone agreed, and the pride and self-confidence of the Guards were awakened by these few words.

When we returned home, it was already full of stars and moon, and the night wind was cold. We sang drunken songs and broke up with the guards at the crossroads, and then Tony and I returned home together. In fact, we are not as happy as they seem. Today, we are in vain. I don't know how to stir up the determination to kill us.

Turning through a street, I suddenly saw the middle of the empty long street. One person stood with his hands behind his back under the moon. The cold moonlight outlined his figure more and more thin and sharp, and his falcon-like eyes were like dazzling stars in the night. After seeing us, he didn't say a word, but slowly pulled out the sword from his waist. The long and harsh friction between the blade and the inner scabbard made people get goose bumps all over his body.

I looked at Tony and slowly retreated half a step. Tony held the handle of the knife, and I quietly put on my secret weapon.

While the blade roared through the air, the tip of the sword had pointed to my eyebrows, and the coldness of human skin seemed to have penetrated into my seal hall. I grabbed the blade that forced me. Almost at the same time, Tony's knife also came out of its sheath, and the sound of the blade breaking through the sky was thicker and lower than that of the blade. Although I have practiced countless times, Langlie's sword still broke free from my grasp at a critical moment. The sword blocked Tony's must-kill knife. After a loud noise, Lang Lie had collected his sword and retreated, and his cold voice came from afar: "I hope you can be lucky like this next time!"

I looked at the special gloves made of fine steel in my hand, and a deep sword mark almost completely cut off the steel sheet in my palm. Tony stared at the knife given to him by Norimoren, and there was only a little shallow blood on the bright blade.

"I can't kill Lang Lie this time. I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future." Tony is very sorry, and I am also speechless. With my fastest hand and special fine steel gloves, and Tony's hidden sword, he was only slightly injured under the surprise victory. I'm afraid we can only prevent them from being killed by him in the future.

Tony and I live in a secluded alley. Tony was at the end of the alley. After saying goodbye to Tony at the entrance of the alley, I suddenly returned to the homeless home. When I was leaning against the door and calling the door, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in the dark corner beside me and was immediately scared. I was in a cold sweat. Looking at the hazy moonlight, it turned out to be Prince Li Chunyou in plain clothes. His face was white and his lips were blue with cold. Obviously, he came to find me specially and waited around the corner for a long time, which surprised me, but I didn't have a good impression on him. In addition, I was in a very bad mood. I just wanted to send him as soon as possible. So he pretended to be drunk and bowed casually and joked, "It turns out that it's Your Highness Chunyou. It's so late. I dare not receive a prince in this cottage. If there is a dispatch to find someone to order, why don't you go there in person?"

Li Chunyou was not angry because of my rudeness, but said with a white face, "It's not that I want to see you, it's my sister. She said that you are a trustworthy person."

"Princess Baoyan?" I even lost my drunkenness. Although I don't care about military affairs at all, I also know that Princess Baoyan has been missing for more than ten days. Wanyan Xi has returned with anger the day before yesterday. Jin and Xia have been vicious because of a woman. Xia may have been threatened by war before the Southern Song Dynasty. Now Xingqing Prefecture has been closed for a long time. Martial law, searching everywhere for the whereabouts of Princess Baoyan, Li Renxiao has given strict instructions. Whoever dares to hide the princess will be killed immediately. Only by finding her and sending her to Jin Guo as soon as possible can it be possible to continue to maintain the alliance between Jin and Xia. Now when I suddenly hear her whereabouts, I immediately realized that it was important and asked, "Where is she?"

Li Chunyou stared at me with suspicious eyes and hesitated for a long time before saying, "She is not far behind me, but I warn you that if you want to use her to ask for credit, I will definitely kill you!"

After saying that, he rushed behind him and slapped three times, and a figure immediately flashed in the dark of the corner. She was dressed as a maid and walked with some hesitation. If it hadn't been for Li Chunyou's prior explanation, I couldn't believe that the poor woman in front of me was the high-willed, vicious and cruel and fierce princess at the beginning.

"General Bai," she looked at me with pitiful eyes and said hesitantly, "I have no way to go now. As you must know, the whole capital is now looking for my whereabouts. I don't know who else can be trusted except my brother. My father has begun to suspect my brother and is going to search his residence. So, I have to take the liberty to ask you. I believe that you are a trustworthy warrior. I hope you can allow me to stay in the house for a few days. I will thank you again.

I dodged her unrejectable eyes and said coldly, "There seems to be no friendship between you and me. With the care of the princess and several useless companions, I should have handed you over to your father, but I don't have the habit of informing, so you are lucky. Hurry up and go, otherwise I won't say no. I will regret it."

"B bastard! A villain's ambitious face!" Li Chunyou was furious, pulled up Princess Baoyan and left. "I said I don't need to beg him. A cheap slave is a cheap slave. There will always be such obscene and despicable in his bones. Let's go!"

Princess Baoyan broke free from Li Chunyou's hand, looked into my eyes and said sadly, "I won't blame you whether you help me or not. You have made me understand a lot of truths, and I will always remember you."

After saying that, she resolutely turned around and looked at the thin backs of the brother and sister. I suddenly found that the human figure did not look much different in the night, whether it was a slave or a princess. And her eyes when she left were no different from the helpless eyes of the female slave she once gave me, which made me feel very uncomfortable. I didn't expect the pleasure of revenge. The door behind me had been opened, and the old housekeeper who opened the door was waiting for me to enter, but I turned a blind eye and thought of those helpless death under my knife. Companion, I can only find a reason for myself in my heart: it's not really dead. Why are you so serious?

"Wait a minute!" I finally shouted at their disappearing backs, "There is a shortage of female slaves in my house now. Are you interested?"

Princess Baoyan slowly turned back, with undisguised joy on her face.

After letting Li Chunyou's brother and sister into the door, I saw the old housekeeper who opened the door stare at them doubtfully. I explained to him with a smile: "This is Li Erjiao, who is abducting people. Recently, I've been in urgent need of money to sell my sister. I think this girl is also swd, so I bought her up as a rough maid. You can just give up a little. Money let him go."

The old butler with dazzling eyes will enter the room suspiciously to prepare silver. Obviously, he does not know the brother and sister Li Chunyou, or has seen the famous Princess Baoyan far before, but he can't connect the maid in front of him with the princess, which makes me relieved and lacks many unnecessary explanations.

It's nothing to hear my introduction of Princess Baoyan, but Li Chunyou blushed with anger. After the housekeeper went in, he immediately glared at me and asked in a low voice, "How dare you say that I am an abductor, and how dare you say that my sister is a rough girl?"

"What do you want me to say," I spread out my hand innocently, "Tell others that this is Your Highness Chunyou and this is Princess Baoyan?"

Li Chunyou was dumb and couldn't get angry. I was in a surprisingly good mood. I finally let him feel the feeling of having to bow his head under the eaves.

The housekeeper quickly took out some broken silver and gave it to Li Chunyou with a contemptuous expression. Li Chunyou had to take over the silver with my hint. Before leaving, he said to me viciously, "You have to treat my sister well, and I will soon come to redeem her."

Before I had time to speak, the old housekeeper had been angry and scolded, "I haven't seen such a ruleless guy. Since your sister has been sold to our house, she will always be a slave in our house. It doesn't matter whether you are beaten or scolded. It depends on the grace of the master whether you are not redeemed or not, and you can be allowed to let go in front of the master. Si?"

Li Chunyou's eyes were about to get angry. I quickly said, "Forget it, I dare not buy it if you are so fierce. Give me back the money and take your sister back."

I met Li Chunyou's eyes as if he was about to breathe fire with tea with my tea eyes. During this period, Princess Baoyan had been pulling his sleeves to prevent him from having an attack. Finally, he bowed his head and said dejectedly, "Yes, I'm sorry, the villain dare not."

"What? I can't hear clearly." I deliberately don't start.

"I'm sorry, the villain doesn't dare to be presumptuous anymore. Thank you for your old grace!" Li Chunyou shouted, which made my ear drums buzz. Then I nodded with satisfaction and turned to the housekeeper and ordered, "Take this newly bought girl... Well, I think it's called a sparrow... Take it in and change into clean clothes. I'll send Li Er out. Don't let him lead the sheep and kidnap some of my female slaves."

Along the way, Li Chunyou didn't say a word. After leaving the door, he turned around and looked at me angrily and said, "I entrusted my sister to you for the time being. If she has anything wrong, I will cut you a thousand times!"

"Do you feel heartache?" I ignored his fierce warning and looked at him and said coldly, "Your sister is not a real female slave yet. Think about the slaves and their families who were taken away by you. They should be more painful than you."

I closed the door and turned back, paying no longer paying attention to Li Chunyou, who was thinking outside the door.

"Sparrow, beat my legs!" I lay on the lounge chair and deliberately asked for the new maid sparrow, that is, Princess Baoyan, to serve me. Sometimes I think it's really good to be a master and raise a few slaves. It seems that the desire to control the fate of others and let others serve themselves is rooted in the dark of everyone's heart, and no one can be an exception.

Princes Baoyan knelt silently in front of me and gently pounded her legs for me. I was surprised that she had no resentment at all, let alone any intention of resistance. In fact, if she didn't do it, I couldn't do anything about her. Can I really treat her as a female slave?

"Why didn't you resist?" I couldn't help asking, "You are not a real slave. You can completely ignore my orders."

She smiled bitterly and said sadly, "If I marry the State of Jin, won't I be like a female slave? At least now I'm serving my favorite warrior, and I'm willing to."

Her straightforwardness made me blush. I quickly turned the topic and laughed covertly, "You used to take others as slaves, regarded them as animals as animals without feelings, and you bought and sold people to whip and kill at will. You never thought that you would have such a day, right?"

"What would you do if you were me?" Her eyes gradually filled with tears, "I have lived surrounded by slaves since I was a child. Everyone treats slaves like this. Whoever treats slaves as himself will be laughed at. When I was first sensible, my mother gave me a little slave, only a little older than me. I liked it very much. I still remember his nickname as Asang. Once out of curiosity, I wanted to see what was going on with the drowning man, so I ordered him to jump into the lake. He really jumped in, struggled a few times and sank, and disappeared. I was so scared that I cried, but my mother comforted me that it was okay and immediately gave me a little slave, but I still liked the original one, arriving every day. I waited silently by the lake, hoping that Asang would suddenly come out of the water one day and continue to be my playmate, but my brother made fun of me for being a lowly person and didn't deserve to be a princess. Only then did I understand that slaves were different from us.

I looked at her eyes intertwined with pain and suddenly understood that people are not born vicious. The vicious thing is that the environment is the system is the cause of all this viciousness. My hatred for her has suddenly eased a lot, and I also realized how great Li Renxiao's determination to abolish slaves is, no matter for what purpose he is, I It should be helpful to him.

silently picked up Princess Baoyan. I wanted to tell her the most basic concept of modern people about equality in life, but in the end, I didn't say anything but said lightly, "There are still many slaves in this country."

Princess Baoyan settled down with me. Because of the charge of killing the head, I didn't reveal her identity to anyone. Several servants probably didn't connect the new rough maids with the princess. They came and went every day, and Princess Baoyan also silently endured it. I don't know. How long he wants to hide her, and he doesn't know how to do it. He can only let nature take its course. In addition, Tony and I continue to go to the Liefeng Tower every day, hoping to meet Lang Lie again. Even if we are not sure of winning, we don't want Li Renxiao to be disappointed. But since we met upstairs, Lang Lie didn't appear again. Tony and I have no choice but to break into the palace of the King of Chu and fight with him.

Finally, even Li Renxiao lost his patience. When he suddenly appeared in front of me in plain clothes, my surprise was no less than knowing the secrets of the world for the first time. He appeared in my humble house late at night. Just as I entered the door drunk, I suddenly looked up and saw Li Renxiao with an angry face on the teacher chair I often sat in the middle of the lobby.

"What a good thing you have done!" When Li Renxiao saw me coming back, he slapped the tea table and woke me up most of my wine. However, I calmed down and shrugged my shoulders and said disapprovingly, "Tony and I have worked very hard to wait in the Wind Tower almost every day."

"I'm not talking about this," Li Renxiao stared at me unsteadily and looked at me hair all over. Then he slowly said, "Call out the female slave named sparrow in your house."

My heart suddenly "clucked", and my face suddenly changed. I was not afraid of Li Renxiao's fault, but a kind of unpleasant feeling at both ends. On the one hand, there was the trust of Princess Baoyan and the trust of Li Chunyou, and on the other hand, there was a feeling that someone else's daughter was abducted but caught on the spot, and this person also trusted me, which made me very embarrassed. I couldn't help but get up and asked with a smile, "How does the emperor know?"

"Are you a vegetarian as a spy of 'Fengyuntang'? Can such a living person disappear under my eyes?

I was relieved when I heard this and thought that there should be a "Fengyuntang" spy in my house, right? Otherwise, how could Li Renxiao rest assured Tony and me? Fortunately, Tony didn't know about this and should not blame him. Just as I was thinking, a man came behind me with a gentle step. I didn't have to look back and guess that Princess Baoyan was brought by the guards. This was stolen and stolen, and I couldn't deny it. I had to leave it to fate.

"Do you know the guilt of hiding the princess as a female slave?" Li Renxiao stared at me, and it was hard to tell the difference between joy and anger. There was nothing to explain. Instead, I calmed down and returned to that kind of detached calmness. I simply avoided the big gift and said indifferently, "Is it killing the head or cutting the waist? Anyway, I'm alone, and I'm not afraid of nine ethnic groups.

"Father, this is none other than anyone else's business. It's all my daughter's arbitrary behavior. If you want to blame me, just blame me. As long as you don't marry me to the Kingdom of Jin, you can punish me whatever you." Princess Baoyan knelt down beside me, and her voice was surprisingly calm. Li Renxiao sighed, calmed down and said sadly, "It's my father who has spoiled you since you were a child. My father doesn't blame you or your brother. As long as you marry to the State of Jin at ease, no one will be punished."

Princess Baoyan suddenly raised her head and said calmly: "Father, if you want your daughter to marry Wanyan Liang, you should not give birth to this daughter!"

Before the words fell, Princess Baoyan's wrist turned over, and a cold dagger had reached her throat. Several guards exclaimed in unison. They just wanted to come forward to grab the dagger, but they were afraid of falling into death. They couldn't help but freeze in the local area and didn't know what to do.

"Father, your daughter's life or death is in your words." Princess Baoyan looked at Li Renxiao and smiled sadly. The tip of the dagger had pierced the jaw skin, and a wisp of blood slowly flowed down the blade and fell on the plain dress, scarlet dazzling. As soon as I saw Princess Baoyan's face, I knew that she had made up her mind to die and said to Li Renxiao, "Your Majesty, after all, she is your daughter!"

"Go out, you all go out!" Li Renxiao waved his hand tiredly. Several bodyguards hesitated for a moment and slowly withdrew from the lobby. I also wanted to say a few words of comfort. Li Renxiao raised his hand to stop me and said sadly, "You also go out and let our father and daughter stay alone for a while."

I silently exited the lobby. When I walked into the door, I finally looked at the father and daughter. At this moment, I suddenly found that Li Renxiao seemed to be much older.

I quietly stood in the dark place on the side of the lobby, where there is a dark window where you can hear the sound in the lobby. I don't want to eavesdrop, but I'm afraid of any accidents. Although I don't have time to rescue anything, I always have the meaning of staying here. Li Renxiao's voice floated out of the window and was a little stuffy: "Like me, my personality is really like me. Once I make up my mind, it will be difficult to turn back."

Li Renxiao slowly wandered in the room, and his voice was a little erratic: "Alas! Although I have many children, which one is not my heart? Which one of me doesn't take care of like my heart and liver? When you were six years old, you almost couldn't come back. I waited in front of your bed for two days and two nights. When you were nine years old, you fell off your horse and broke your left leg. I went to see you almost every day. When you practiced with a sword and stabbed yourself, I blamed your master and stopped you to practice martial arts... There are too many. You have been here for just over ten years. I still remember almost all the pains and disasters, joy and happiness in my life. Can I be a daughter without you?

"But you still have to push your daughter into the fire!" Princess Baoyan was not moved by this.

"I am a father and the king of a country," Li Renxiao sighed. "As my daughter, marriage is no longer your own personal affairs, but related to the interests of the whole Daxia country! Who doesn't know that Wanyan Liang, the emperor of the State of Jin, is greedy and tyrannical and capricious. He is a complete tyrant. You are like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger and trapped in the fire, but have you ever thought about it? Now Wanyan Liang has gathered the strength of the country and recruited millions of soldiers to sweep the world. Now he has sent an envoy to ask for marriage, which is the meaning of alliance between the two countries. If you don't go, Daxia may be the first to take the brunt. With the current strength of Xia, it is impossible to compete with Wanyan Liang at all. At that time, the jade will be burned, and the century-old foundation of the ancestors will be destroyed. I, Li Renxiao, am the eternal sinner of the Xiang clan!"

The suffocating silence lasted for a cup of tea, and then I heard Princess Baoyan say in a weak voice: "What does this have to do with me? Military and state affairs are the duty of men. You can't let a woman sacrifice first. Besides, Yan Liang wiped out the Southern Song Dynasty. Daxia is not difficult to escape this disaster. Why do this senseless? Struggle?"

"What a child," Li Renxiao laughed dumbly. "Although the southern people are weak, they have a large population, rich products, and a strong sense of family and national sense. Every time the nation survives, they burst out with infinite potential. Therefore, although there are stupid and mediocre ministers in power, the State of Jin has been unable to destroy it for decades. Now it occupies all the right time, place and people. Wanyan Liang's southern expedition has little chance of winning. More importantly, Wanyan Liang is usurped power and the throne, and his name is not good. There have always been opposition forces in China that are ready to move. If the war goes well, it will be fine. If there are setbacks in front of him. If the rear is broken, it will be chaotic, and the dream of the overlord will be shattered, and it will even be worse.

Speaking of this, Li Renxiao paused and said, "You don't think about your father or your family. You should always think about it for the people of Daxia. They usually respect you as a fairy. Do you have the heart to drag them into the war because of you alone? Daxia is different from the Southern Song Dynasty. It is a multi-ethnic country. The number of Xiang people in our party does not account for the majority. It lacks the strong national cohesion and concept of family and country. It is okay to fight a battle with comparable strength. Once the strength is too wide, the hearts of the people will be confused. There is no capital to compete with Jin. If there is even a little chance of winning, my father The emperor will not exchange you for peace. I am your father, but I am also the emperor of Daxia. My father can only do the same thing between the two now. I hope you can understand my father's choice. A good emperor should put the people of the world in his heart first, instead of putting his personal feelings first. My father also hopes that you will be a good princess, a good princess that will always be remembered by all the people of Daxia. You are the father's favorite daughter. Marrying you is like digging the flesh of your father's heart, but your father can't shed tears or cry. Father's tears can only flow quietly in a place where no one is.

The lobby calmed down again, and I sighed secretly, knowing that no one could resist this sincere words. Princess Baoyan certainly couldn't. I didn't know whether her sacrifice was worth it, let alone the choice between right and wrong. Sometimes it was really difficult to explain between right and wrong.

There was a soft sound of "dang" in the lobby, which was the sound of a dagger falling to the ground, and only Princess Baoyan shouted hoarsely: "Stop talking! I promise you to marry as soon as possible, but I have a condition!"

"What conditions?"

"I want General Bai to be my family envoy and send me all the way to Zhongdu."

After a brief silence, Li Renxiao's calm voice sounded: "Okay, I promise you."