670 Risking It All (1/2)
Gao Da's pupils shrank as he stared at the eunuch in front of hi carried out protection services for the royal fanized the internal court ace in front of him For a moment, he wondered if Eunuch Yao had also come to Dazhou He took a deep breath Even if Eunuch Yao cah this, he knew the Palace ated his whereabouts ahead of time The situation he was about to face was presuently and took out a piece of cloth to wipe at the blood seeping out of the corners of his mouth In a raspy voice, he said, ”Eunuch Yao didn't come This is a matter of the court I now follow and act on behalf of Scholar He”
Gao Da glanced at him and cautiously retreated half a step His eyes swept his surroundings His hands tightened even further around his wife's Only after hearing the eunuch's words did he know that someone in court had never believed he had died and had been secretly investigating him the entire time
Another two eunuchs walked out of the shadows by the city gate
Gao Da stared at the leading eunuch and said, ”You're not a match for me”
The three internal court aces were silent Their emotions were unusually complicated, particularly that of the eunuch in the lead They had come to Dazhou with the aces of the Ministry of Justice's 13 yamens to coating the loose ends of the Dong Mountain incident three years These eunuchs never thought they would actually find Gao Da this Tiger Guard
All around them, the officials of the Ministry of Justice had surrounded them Other than those who had been injured by Gao Da, there were still a few dozen people Looking at the situation, Gao Da wouldn't be able to escape even if he greings
The eunuch coughed again When his palm had clashed with Gao Da earlier, his qi had reversed He was injured Naturally, the gaze he turned on Gao Da now carried a hint of fear and admiration
”I cannot believe you're still alive I'ood as ever” The eunuch's gaze was muddied but carried a stubborn coldness ”Since we are lucky enough to run into you, don't think you can leave again”
The eunuch's expression i used to the way the internal court did things ”If you want to keep reat price”
”We are not afraid to pay the price” The eunuch glanced at the beautiful woe smile, ”But, perhaps you will not be able to endure the price you will have to pay”
”Surrender You know you cannot survive Why iently
The sun had set Only a sate in a hazy light, le and sorrow flashed through Gao Da's eyes After a moment of silence, he faintly said, ”I won't have a way out if I'ht by you, but will she have a way out?”
The eunuch lowered his head and said after a moment, ”Naturally, adults must be responsible for their own actions As for the child on your chest, their life and death could only be decided by the palace”
”Then, why shouldn't I risk it all?”
”Because you don't have to die right now You can live a fewto protect thelance
Young h Gao Da's eyes If Sir Fan junior knew that he was still alive and surrounded by the Dazhou city gate with a child in his arreat cri a ruler There was no pardon for him Sir Fan junior should be able to protect the child in his arms
The Ministry of Justice officials all aze they turned on that knife-wielder carried a sliver of fear In the space of a few breaths during the battle by the city gate, six of their peers had died under the light of that knife
They knew this knife-wielding er Guard He was one of the Tiger Guards that was said to have been killed by Sigu Jian on Dong Mountain
They had already surrounded hie forward and split him apart Every felt an unease They knew that in Scholar He's secret investigation, his final hopes rested on these three internal court aces Since Gao Da had not spoken or made a move, it was best for the and hesitating The internal court ace's expression gradually grew heavy He said in a stern voice, ”You were once a Tiger Guard of the royal fa Mountain and abandoned your ruler without a care That is the same crime as treason! If you don't kneel now, do you want to continue rebelling?”
Gao Da's face becau Jian's sword had co stone staircase fleildly as blood flowed through the gaps in the stones All of these scenes rose once again in front of his eyes
He was the co the hundred Tiger Guards Ever since his youth, the ideals of loyalty to the Emperor and patriotism, even in the face of death, had been instilled in him However, Gao Da had followed Fan Xian for three years His horizons had gradually broadened His nature and life perspective had been influenced too entle but the details of his day-to-day life and the way he spoke were enough to influence er Guard in history to escape before a battle
The ace of the internal court had brought up the Dong Mountain incident hoping to weaken Gao Da's battle intent However, the deathly paleness on Gao Da's face did not stay for long before it gradually returned to normal With an iciness, he stared at the other person and said, ”AbandonedMountain, Gao Da had struggled with hi people these three years, when he slept at noon and at night and when he heard some little news, had all made him think about what happened that year countless tirily said, ”Was it I who abandoned the E Mountain, a hundred Tiger Guards all died at ene intent!” Gao Da grew angry as his voice grew loud He stared ide eyes His rage could not be restrained ”I a to use my life to protect the Emperor, but I do not want to die for such bullsht reasons Even if I die, I want to die knowing how it happened!”
Gao Da's hand slowly tightened around the hilt of the knife Pulling his wife behind him, he stared at the internal court ace and said, ”I just don't want to die as stupidly andwith that?”
The internal court ace's voice grew sharp and began to treer Guard say such treasonous things Angrily, he shouted in a sharp voice, ”If a ruler wants his subject to die, the subject has no choice in the er Guard? You cannot be saved!”
”I've already done treasonous things, much less talked about it” Gao Da suddenly realized that his entire body was relaxed He had finally spat out his resenthters the royal family nurtured, but Gao Da had become an independent man He did not want to live in confusion or die in confusion
Gao Da used a strip of cloth to tightly tie his wife behind hi this, no onefor the internal court aces to give an order
”If you continue to resist the edict, are you not worried that Sir Fan junior will be implicated because of you?” The hands of the internal court ace were slowly treh Gao Da's heart
Gao Da laughed coldly and said, ”What does Fan Xian count as? If I iood people are there in the royal fahtly as if he had not thought that Gao Da would say so like that Did he not feel any loyalty toward Sir Fan junior?